From:
cyprus4211@aol.com
Date: 2004-08-18 21:58:40 UTC
Subject: RE: Devils Club Supreme
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5464528.1092866320620.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Was Beasley on meds and did you keep the meds along with the Devils Club? I intend to keep him on the meds while trying it. I heard of a few people with bad experiences, but I also have heard that some people had mistaken Devil's Claw for Devil's Club. Prednisolone and diazoxide are working and maybe upping the dose more would level off his blood sugars. But he's gained a lot of weight from the pred (and all the duck soup) and he breathes faster now. The vet said it may be the startings of congestive heart failure, but his lungs are clear. X-rays showed some congestion in his bronchial tubes but he gets stuffed up a lot, always has. I would like to be able to reduce his pred. He has gotten fat several times when he was younger and had to loose weight (he breathed fast then). Plus last year, after we discovered he had insulinoma, he had 1/2 pound spleen removed.
Author wrote:
> My experience with it was not good. It seemed to make Beasley's blood glucose lower, though that was just by visual clues, not actual blood tests. I stopped its use pretty quickly.
> I know someone else that had more dramatic low glucose experience with it almost immediately after giving a dose. Coincidence? Maybe. He stopped too so we'll never know, but I'd proceed with caution.
> Author wrote:
> > Ok, I know there were past posts about this but can anyone who has used it let me know about their experiences?