From:
cyprus4211@aol.com
Date: 2004-08-16 19:21:44 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Insulinoma treatment & medication amounts HELP!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5219658.1092684104811.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I am working with a vet, but there are not any very knowledgable ferret vets around. I do research for her, she consults with another vet that did Tibbie's surgery. He has built up pred gradually. I merely wanted the max dosage for his weight. I wanted to make sure what my vet told me was right, considering he is a heavy boy. He is now on max dosage, or so my vet told me. I never thought that what would work for another ferret would work for mine, just wanted ideas.
Angelica
Author wrote:
> 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]