From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-09-17 12:01:35 UTC
Subject: RE: Vetoryl (Trilostane) for adrenal disease???
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7132890.1095422495870.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I hit send too early.
Also in
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/murray.htm
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Lysodren in ferrets has 2 problems. It does not work well, and it produces=
low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). Dr Karen Rosenthal writes, "in my exper=
ience, mitotane (lysodren) does not reliably produce resolution of the cli=
nical signs in ferrets.." "The primary danger associated with mitotane (ly=
sodren) administration in ferrets is the possible development of severe hy=
poglycemia after several days of therapy in animals with concurrent insuli=
noma." Dr Susan Brown does not recommend giving Lysodren if they also have=
an insulinoma. Dr Charles Weiss even goes farther by saying "..mitotane i=
s not recommended for ferrets with hyperadrenocorticism." In my opinion Lu=
pron works better, is safer (no change in glucose level), and has little o=
r no side effects. Dr Cathy Johnson- Delaney presented info on her clinica=
l use of Lupron at the exotic pet medicine seminar at Texas A&M (Dec 97). =
I talked to her then and since then, and to Dr Weiss about Lupron. We all =
agree it works well and is safe.
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You'll want to read this and share it. Forms of Mitotane are not the way t=
o go; Lupron and meltonin (if surgery isn't possible) are.
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