From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2003-05-05 22:52:50 UTC
Subject: Neupogen AKA filgrastim
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Cc: wls@astro.umd.edu
Message-id: <a05210606badc9af64bfe@[10.0.1.10]>
I forgot that Smartgroups hates some punctuation marks in the the
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>For some reason this post just is not appearing so I am carrying it
>over for the poster while we figure this out.
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>>Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 17:32:37 -0400 (EDT)
>>From: wls@astro.umd.edu (William L. Sebok)
>>Subject: Neupogen (filgrastim)
>>To:
>>
>>This is a second posting attempt (first attempt Thursday May 1).
>>
>>Our ferret Bonnie has been on chemotherapy for lymphoma since August
>>2002. When she went out of remission, vincristine and adriamycin were
>>added to her drug rotation. While at first we thought she was tolerating
>>the stronger drugs well, they have caused a persistent low white blood cell
>>level. On Monday, her WBC count was about 2,000---too low for treatment.
>>To stimulate white blood cell production, the oncologist prescribed
>>Neupogen (filgrastim), a treatment she had never previously prescribed for a
>>ferret, but had prescribed for dogs and cats. Since starting on Neupogen,
>>Bonnie is not feeling well. I (Clare) looked up filgrastim on MEDLINEplus and
>>read that it can cause nausea as well as stomach, muscle, and bone pain in
>>humans.
>>
>>Has anyone had experience with filgrastim's safety, efficacy, or side-effects
>>in ferrets? Is there anything else we should be doing for Bonnie?
>>
>>-- Clare & Bill Sebok
>> with Bonnie, Charlie, Lucy (ferrets), Patrick (dog) and Felix
>>(cat). In loving
>> memory of Ben, Jerry, Buttercup, Bridgett, Jasmine (ferrets) and Lupi (dog).