From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-09-20 21:28:44 UTC
Subject: RE: Dexamethazone, Dextrose, Devil''s Club and Insulnoma
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5254611.1095715724669.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
It's my understanding that you can't give dextrose subcutaneously except in very weak solutions (2%?). Skin damange can result, sloughing of the skin, etc. I think at those low levels, it wouldn't do much for raising their blood sugar.
mike
Author wrote:
> know to buy the Ringers Solution without Dextrose, but if I bought some with
> Dextrose, could this be used to help raise BG levels?