From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-04-06 00:01:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Flagyl given in the ear?
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "marypfra" <mmccarty@m...> wrote:
> I did read about the topical cream version of Flagyl and how it's
not
> supposed to be very effective since it's rubbed into their skin
> instead of taken orally.
>
> A friend of mine just got a prescription for the Flagyl cream and
> they are administering it into her ferret's ears (half a dose in
each
> ear).
>
> Would this work any better than the topical cream?
>
> Mary
Dear Mary:
No, it still will not achieve the levels in the lumen of the gut
which is needed to kill either the Helicobacter in the stomach or the
Giardia in the intestine - the two organisms it is most commonly used
for.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM
Sometimes newer is not necessarily better.