From:
cyprus4211@aol.com
Date: 2004-11-20 12:04:04 UTC
Subject: RE: Furosemide Lowering Blood Sugar In Insulinomic Ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <114467.1100952244842.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
He is not on any heart meds right now. Until yesterday when thr vet listened to his heart, she heard nothing wrong. Monday another of the vets listened to his heart and said it sounded fine. How long would it take for potassium to drop? He had such a high dose of lasix and then furosemide. Monday when he had the lasix shot, then the .8ml of furosemide his blood sugars were fine.
Angelica
Author wrote:
> Another question: are you offering banana to keep the potassium at safe levels?
> Low potassium can thrown off heart rhythm, as can cardiomyopathy affecting critical sections of the heart, heart block also affects what will be heard.
> Here is some furosemide info:
> http://www.drugs.com/PDR/Furosemide_Tablets.html
> http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100003932.html
> and when it messes up blood glucose it tends to raise it, not lower it. Of course aberrant individuals exist.
> It can be hard at times to tell problems related to the heart from blood glucose drops. We've been there and I can attest to that first hand.
> What heart meds are being used?