From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-08-15 03:39:52 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Insulinoma treatment & medication amounts HELP!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F41opYC98Bi8900004ffd@hotmail.com>
5 mg. This is the upper end of the dose and you might try to get freq down,
then work on seeing if you can get the dose tailored. It is only one change
at a time so you know what works. Hope this all is helpful and see if you
can get down to twice daily with in between food supplements instead and
this might help the body even out a bit. Good Luck!
Dr. Sue
>From: cyprus4211@aol.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Insulinoma treatment & medication amounts HELP!
>Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:48:51 +0100 (BST)
>
>Thanks for your help. There are not many ferrets around here and not many
>vets who know much about them. Do you mean 5mg or .5ml? I have switched him
>to 3x a day this afternoon. I will probably switch him back to twice if
>that doesn't do any good. Since it was working before at twice a day just
>not enough. Today it's humid too and with his weight and low BG he's really
>restless. His blood sugar was almost up to 60, higher than it has been. If
>I could at least get into the high 70's with the meds then food may bring
>it up the rest of the way. My vet said he could have up to 1ml per day of
>diazoxide and prednisolone. I have read other dosages in other places
>though.
>
>
>
>Author wrote:
> > Okay by my calculations you still have some play with the dose. I
>wonder
> > however if the increased frequency is a bad thing and might becausing a
> > paradoxical effect. I think you can easily give 5 mg of pred twice per
>day.
> > I prefer prednisolone over prednisone. And yes improve the diet. If
>you
> > need a diet supplement there is a product called Critical care Carnivore
> > made by Oxbow Hay company and is easily mixed up at your convienence but
> > your vet would need to order it or Rx the company for you to order it.
>It
> > is very low in fiber/carbs and high in protein and fat. This might be a
> > better thing to do at intervals during the day. If this doesn't help I
> > would try to change the form of cortisone as mentioned before.
> > Diazoxide has a lot of play left. I believe you can easily go to as
>much as
> > 4 times what you are giving if you need to. It does not work instantly
>so
> > it takes time to adjust.
> > Hope this helps let us know how things go. Of course the other option
>that
> > is currently in vogue is surgery to remove a portion of the panreas and
> > limit the insulin stimulation.
> > Best to you.
> > Dr. Sue
> > >From: cyprus4211@aol.com
> > >Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
> > >To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
> > >Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Insulinoma treatment & medication amounts
>HELP!
> > >Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:13:39 +0100 (BST)
> > >
> > >He's a hefty boy, right now he weighs 4.7 lbs. At this point it doesn't
> > >seem like the meds are doing anything. When he had them twice a day, 4
>days
> > >ago, his BG at least went up fairly high at it's peak. I was also
>thinking
> > >maybe because I put more Zupreem kibble into his soup, 3 cups instead
>of 1
> > >1/2, maybe that made a difference. Although I don't believe it would
>make
> > >that much of a change. I know the less carbs he gets the better.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Author wrote:
> > > > How much does he weigh? In order to know max dosages you need a
>weight
> > >to
> > > > calculate.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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