From:
okmissgina@sbcglobal.net
Date: 2003-11-25 06:26:59 UTC
Subject: RE: Which is better ?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8253350.1069741619136.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
What I have is a bottle of each. I was told by the vet today on the phone that I needed to start Bob on Prednisone. I told him I had prednisone and on the bottle it lists 1.7mg and to give 1 dropper full #15ml. And at that time I was thinking that the other bottle (which is Prednisolone), was prednisone too. But later I was thinking and realized that I had a bottle of each. Maybe I shouldnt start Bob on either one until tomarrow now. He hasnt had either one ever. The bottles are from Trixie's situation. I was just thinking that one was worse for him. Do I have you confused yet ?
Author wrote:
> Author wrote:
> > Is Prednisone or Prednisolone better to use. I was told to start on .60cc of Prednisone and then I remembered that I have both.
> A quick reminder: a volume measurement like a cc or ml measurement is useless for imparting the amount of medication because of multiple possible concentrations. The mg amount or the volume measurement plus the concentration mg/ml are needed to know what the dose is.
> The thing about Prednisolone is if the ferret's liver is having any difficulty processing Prednisone then the Prednisolone which skips a liver processing step works better, which is why Prednisolone works in some ferrets for whom Prednisone doesn't work.
> Are you sure that what you have given is Prednisone rather than Prednisolone? When I hear a fluid volume I tend to think of Prednisolone.
> Sukie (not a vet)