Message Number: SG6259 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Sue Liszewski"
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:08:12 -0500
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: melatonin/adrenal/prostate
Message-ID: <Law12-F74ZAtGYkNUTv00001917@hotmail.com>
What kind of doses do you use for the other drugs you mentioned? Have you
found success with them for those unwilling to do surgery on their pets?
Susan Liszewski DVM
>From: AFERRETVET@cs.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: melatonin/adrenal/prostate
>Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 22:29:48 EDT
>
>Hi Brandi,
>Sounds like you have several questions about Sam,
>so I will try to answer them all. If the adrenal glands
>and prostate were enlarged on the ultrasound and he
>is having urination problems, then surgery is the best option.
>However if your vets are unwilling to do surgery perhaps you
>should check with the vet school in Berlin, if that is possible.
>If that is not possible then what I would recommend for
>medical treatment is Lupron depot (leuprolide acetate),
>Propecia or Proscar (finasteride), and an antibiotic (Baytril
>enrofloxicin). Lupron will stop the stimulation (LH) to the
>adrenal glands. Thus they will stop overproducing the
>adrenal sex hormones.
>Propecia/Proscar will stop the testosterone from being
>converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Dihydrotestosterone
>is the hormone that is believed to cause the prostate to
>become enlarged. Without DHT the prostate shrinks.
>Baytril is a good antibiotic that reaches the prostate and is
>good against the likely bacterial infection.
>Melatonin is also a good product. There are actually melatonin
>receptors on the prostate. I would use it with Lupron, Propecia,
>and Baytril. The recommended dose is 1mg of melatonin
>orally about 8-9 hours after sunrise, or to use the male mink
>melatonin implants every 4-6 months.
>Hope that helps,
>Jerry Murray, DVM
>Dallas, Texas
>
>
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