From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-05-06 22:23:47 UTC
Subject: RE: Lupron Injections
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4010275.1115418227515.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
When the site was having some problems earlier today it lost my reply written on-site, so I will attempt to reconstruct what I said. (Ane FHL members are reminded to follow the rules because when Smartgroups gets glitchy we can't be sure for a matter of days if problems will recur or worsen, so to avoid post rejections follow the rules found in the Files section at
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I have to say that I strongly agree with Mike that I'd continue the Lupron injections and melatonin for this one, and like Mike I don;t know if a recurrance of symptoms would happen right away or with a seasonal change but I feel secure in thinking that they most likley would return.
The reason I'd continue is because of those studies I have read or been told about on the use of Lupron and the use of melatonin for adrenal growths. Melatonin got the growths to stall in some, and Lupron got the growths to stall in some and reduce in some (but did not affect some others). This ferret had marked symptoms: baldness and enlargement of vulva and some enlargement of the vulva remains, so I would guess that what is present is going to be more severe than just hyperplasia.
I am not sure if continuing is needed (or might be inclined to go to just melatonin implants) in OTHER situations where it is a matter of guesswork whether there are really symptoms or just nervousness when observing (and I have been there myself), and that is for these reasons: because then the problem may not have actually existed, because it might have preventivve uses and is very affordable anyway, and because maybe -- just maybe -- it might have cured a very early case of hyperplasia (maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe on that last one -- it's hypothetical still the last I heard).
So, my strong inclination is to continue.
Besides, you have a strong history of being really inclined toward providing excellent quality of life for your ferrets and the med is doing that for your little darling, so...