From:
Caitlyn M. Martin
Date: 2002-05-18 03:26:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Re: INEXPENSIVE SOURCE FOR MEDS
> > MY FLORINEF BILLS ALONE HAVE BEEN OVER $300 PER
> > MONTH FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS NOW.
>
> We have had a 2 pound one on Florinef for years. Runs us a
> touch less than one TENTH of what you mention (so about 1/5 of
> what you mention). We just get the tabs from the vet, cut them
> and give the sections crushed in Ferretone.
Our florinef for Pertwee (roughly 1,100 grams now, 1,300 normally) is
compounded into a liquid suspension and banana flavored. That should be
really expensive, right? Well, we pay $42 for a supply that typically
lasts two months. We do this at the local compounding pharmacy that
works with our vet's office. That's $21 a month. His dexamethasone
(also flavored) adds $5 a month to the tab.
All the best,
Caity and the notorious nine
[I received a message from the person with the two ferrets since. They both had IBD as well as having lost both adrenal glands and both need very high doses to not go into Addison's crises -- doses well beyond what I've run into with our's. The treating vet whom she named privately to me is a highly reputable and careful one I respect. -- Sukie]