Message Number: SG7858 | New FHL Archives Search
From: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-02-11 00:34:38 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Lupron to prevent adrenal
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5797541.1076459678357.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Author wrote:
> I thought Lupron only suppressed the symptoms caused by the adrenal tumours?

Lupron works by stopping the overstimulation of the adrenals. The theory is that by stopping this overstimulation early on in the ferret's life before the adrenals are affected, you may be able to prevent an adrenal problem from ever developing.

mike