From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-10-04 21:03:00 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Advice Please Insulinoma
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Question: what are the mg/ml concentration numbers?
You really do NOT say how much med is being given. Let me explain. Many liquid meds
come in more than one concentration. Think of chicken soups: a cream of chicken soup
has a LOT more chicken in it than a chicken broth does. So, if you said, "My ferret gets a
cup of chicken soup.", well, that could be quite a lot of chicken with the pureed chicken in
cream of chicken soup, or almost no chicken at all with the chicken broth.
The number which tells how much med there is is the mg (milligram) number. When you
give just ml (milliliter which is the same as cc) that tells us the volume, but you MUST ALSO
tell the concentration which will be written in mg/ml for anyone to know how much med
has been given. Otherwise , except for meds which have only concentration we know
nothing about the dose. For example, liquid Prednisolone comes in 1 mg/ml, 2 mg/ml
(twice as much med in the same dose), 5 mg/ml (5 times as much med as the first
concentration or 2 and 1/2 times as much as the second one) and others.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Deanna" <deanna_penzkofer@...> wrote:
>
> I spoke to Gordy's vet and he said to give home 0.2 Pred three times a
> day and to also give him 0.2 L-Diazoxide 3 times a day. Thank you
> again for the suggestion.
> Dee
>
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