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From: hebrews1222@aol.com
Date: 2004-11-21 17:00:14 UTC
Subject: RE: Melatonin Implants
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5713447.1101056414090.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Thanks for all the responses on the cost of implants. I thought it was high, but didn't have a clue, really. I have printed up all the responses and am going to try to talk to this vet. If it doesn't work, I will try to find another willing to give it a shot. I was pretty excited about getting Pip going on this, and I have two more with no sysmptoms, I wanted to give the implants to them as well, but not at that price! Mary

Author wrote:
> Dear Carol: The implants are not radical. They are a godsend for those of us who cannot be home at 2-3PM every day to administer oral melatonin. I tried giving mine the melatonin when I got home every day - from 6 - 7 pm ... for a year, and it didn't help. Now, thanks to the implants, two are still adrenal free (so far), one who was scheduled for surgery reverted to negative - all his fur grew back and his hormones on the Tennessee panel came back normal - and my two with inoperable adrenal tumors who cannot have adrenal surgery are still alive and bouncing around after 11 1/2 months .... (Those two are also on lupron and propecia).
> While I don't think the implants are THE answer - yet - so far, they have worked better than anything else I have tried. This is the longest mine have been crisis free. I started my newest adoptee on the implants and I will be amazed and eternally grateful if the three healthy ones don't become adrenal. So please don't be too quick to jump to conclusions ... everyone wants the best for their ferrets, and many of us will disagree on what that is .... by the way, I got the idea from one of the most respected ferret vets in the country - Dr. Jerry Murray, and my vet is quite pleased with what she is seeing in her patients so far .... good luck, I hope yours stay well and live long and happy fuzzy lives ....