From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-02-22 18:30:00 UTC
Subject: Re: What exactly does prednisone do for hypoglycemic
ferrets?
Surgery is the best choice for insulinoma. As for prednisone... it
raises blood glucose levels.
Sometimes, it can be managed with diet, but with levels that low, I
don't know if that's an option in this case. I'm not familiar with
any homeopathic treatment for insulinoma.
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "butterboy25045"
<crittersforchrist@h...> wrote:
> My research seems to indicate that with a level so low, surgery is
> the treatment of choice. Is this true? Since surgery at this
point
> is out of the question due to expense, I need to know: What
exactly
> does prednisone do? Since he is so much improved, do I have to
give
> the prednisone?