Message Number: SG16023 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Leslie Cucino
Date: 2005-11-20 00:26:51 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] 4 year old ferret, malignancy & pediapred dosage
To: FHL <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>, FML <ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu>

Hi folks,

am cross posting to get exposure/help.

My dominant MF female turns 4 on Dec. 1st. she weighs 1.3 lbs. A week
ago I took her in for what the vet and I hoped would be routine adrenal
surgery. They opened her and closed her right back up, she was a mass
of cancer from her pancreas to her stomach and small intestine. The vet
said she wasn't a candidate for chemo because the cancer was too
involved. We opted to put her on predisone and hope for the best. The
dosage was .50ccs twice a day.

A week later, (yesterday-Friday) she went in for a recheck and the vet
was amazed at how much the tumor had shrunk. I also mentioned that when
Shelby is up, she's more 'up' than before and is actually playing,
something she hasn't done in a year. So while I'm not holding out any
hope for a miracle, (yes I am, I lied) I hope at least her quality of
life is good until I have to let her go.

I asked the vet to change her meds from predinose to pediapred, which
she did. Now here at long last is my question: the pred dosage was
.50cc every 12 hours, the pediapred is 1.5ccs every 12 hours. Is this
normal?? The bottle says the following:
30 pediapred 6.7MG/5ML SOLN MPI

I just don't want to OD her on it, besides the fact that she hates the
taste and .50ccs was hard enough, never mind three times that amount!
Help anyone?

Leslie






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