From:
cyprus4211@aol.com
Date: 2004-08-15 15:25:35 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Insulinoma treatment & medication amounts HELP!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <31983818.1092590209623.JavaMail.nobody@magnesium.smartgroups.com>
The prednisolone 15mg/5ml and the diazoxide is 5mg/0.1ml
Author wrote:
> The liquid measure (ml) is not the same as the concentration of the drug (mg).
You need to know how many mg's per ml are in what you're giving before you can
determine how many ml's to give.
> mike
> Author wrote:
> > What is 5mg in ml? The syringe I have is in ml. Would that be .5ml?
[Moderator's Note: So, that means that for every ml of the concentration you have
of the Prednisolone there are 3 mgs of the drug.
Note, of course, that dosing definitely should be worked out with your vet. A dose
size which is appropriate for a ferret at the end of insulinoma will typically had built
up gradually over time. That another ferret worked up to using a certain dose does
not mean that the same dose is necessarily the one your ferret needs now. It sounds
like perhaps there was a misunderstanding on that score. -- SDC]