From:
Rbossart@aol.com
Date: 2002-06-28 10:48:00 UTC
Subject: Pepto vs Carafate
>We switched to Carafate, .75ml, 10 minutes before every meal( you cannot
>overdose on this), per Dr. Williams suggestion. After 4 days he was eating
>like a champ, and putting on weight.I feel so bad that he suffered for
>5 additional weeks with the Pepto. I realize every ferret is different,
>but everything I have read, tells me Carafate is the way to go.<<
Like every ferret, every medication is also different. The Carafate acts
like a "Band-Aid" over the ulcerated tissue to help protect it so that it can
heal. The "standard" treatment of Pepto, Amoxicillin and Flagyl kills the
helicobacter so often the cause of the ulcer. We use all three.
Dick B.