From:
"fearbiter"
Date: 2007-08-23 15:53:50 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Bear
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Is there a huge difference between prednisone and prednisolone? In the
little reading I've done, there's not - yet I have an insulinoma
ferret on prednisone 5mg/ml and he gets 0.03ml 2x a day. Yes, that's
the correct number of zeros! My vet told me that if he gets worse, we
can increase up to 0.25ml daily, but beyond that we'd need to try
something else. I don't know if this has any bearing on Bear's
situation, but it sounds so radically different, I'm curious.
Becky
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Michelle Campbell
<cjandjoshfan@...> wrote:
>
> Ok. The pred is prednisolone and the bottle says
> 5mg/ml. Bear gets 2.0 ml twice a day - about 12 hours
> apart. It sounds like I need to change it up and give
> him the pred 3 times a day - same overall dose. I
> wonder why my vet would tell me every 12 hours if it
> really should be given every 8-9. I also didn't know
> that it is better to give food before the pred. Bear
> has gotten the pred in the mornings all the time
> without food. Poor little guy probably hates his
> mommy! He had another mild episode last night but
> came out of it pretty quickly. He seems to be having
> them shortly after getting the pred. I'll try feeding
> him first and then giving the pred starting today.
>
> I feel like one minute he's fine and the next he's
> not. I'm used to him being ok almost all of the time,
> so I think I'm freaking out a little. I hope giving
> the medicine 3 times a day versus 2 will help.
>
> Thanks for the advice!
>
> Michelle
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