From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-07-22 01:51:56 UTC
Subject: RE: 4 month to 1 month lupron, when is too soon, VETS pls
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2335284.1090461116842.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I'm no vet but I'll answer anyway. :) I don't know if a maximum dose of Lupron has ever been determined. Plus, the question would have to be, what was the dose of 4-month and what will be the dose of 1-month?
Dr. Charles Weiss wrote an article on his Lupron protocol and he recommends 2 mg (2000 mcg) of the 4-month Lupron. That's 500 mcg per month. Is Jubilee getting anywhere near that now? Most don't give that much.
So I'd say you have to look at it this way: If Jubilee got a 1 mg dose of 4-month Lupron, that's the equivalent of 250 mcg per month. If you add a 100 mcg 1-month injection on top of that, for a total of 350 mcg, she's still receiving less than what Dr. Weiss recommends.
There's no difference in the actual drug. It's all leuprolide acetate, just in a different time release formulation.
mike
Author wrote:
> My vet has recently recommended moving from the 4 month lupron depot to the one month. Jubilee just had a 4 month depot last month. Is it too soon to give her a one month depot for uncontrolled adrenal disease?