From:
mistressofpuppets666@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 2005-04-21 13:51:22 UTC
Subject: RE: 3 questions: antibiotics - pred - milk thistle
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1893999.1114091482483.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Nobody with advice? =3D(
-Contra-indications for lifelong use of doxycyclin? Other antibiotics prefe=
rred?
-Lower prednisolone dose?
-No milk thistle at all or milk thistle with alcohol?
(or is there any possibility to use milk thistle capsules and then mix them=
with a solvent myself (which one?) and take the right dose from it?) =
Author wrote:
> Hi all,
> here I am again with several questions.
> To read the entire story of my ferret go to this link:
> http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=3D1423922&messagei=
d=3D13295
> But this is it in short:
> one of my ferrets is almost 4y old, male, has lymphoma and *had* meningit=
is. =
> He is on the following medicines and supplements:
> -Doxycycline 0,5mg BID (for the meningitis)
> -Prednisolone 0,5mg BID (for the lymphoma and meningitis)
> -Pycnogenol
> -Essiac =
> -CalciumAscorbate (Vitamin C)
> -another antioxidant-mixture containing Vitamin A, B, E, Selenium and Zin=
c
> -and Chicken gravy ;-)
> now I have three questions:
> 1) He seems to be recovered from the meningitis, but I have thought this =
before...this was his 2nd relapse (see the link for the entire story). He =
is still on doxycycline for now (almost 3 weeks now), but I'm worried to qu=
it with it... I'm afraid for another relapse.
> Would it be contra-indicated in any way to give this to him for the rest =
of his life (which won't be th=E0t long, unfortunately, since he also has t=
he lymphoma...)?
> I will certainly address this issue with my vet, but since she has limite=
d ferret-specific experience, certainly with cases like this, I'd like to k=
now your opinion... =
> Or would it be safer to put him on another antibiotic after this cure, e.=
g. Ampicillin-clavulanic acid (synulox), which has been used "chronically" =
in ferrets with lymphoma, at least in Europe (so I have been told).
> 2) Would you try to lower the prednisolone dose again or is it best to ke=
ep him on this dose?
> 3)I have been thinking of giving him milk thistle too, but I can't find a=
n alcohol-free liquid in the whole of europe (and the capsules I've found c=
ontain a dose that is much too large and it isn't possible to divide them i=
nto the appropriate dose). If you had to choose between milk thistle with =
alcohol (55% v/v) or no milk thistle at all, what would you choose?
> Thanks in advance!
> Anke
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