From:
"sukiedaviscrandall"
Date: 2008-12-14 17:46:06 UTC
Subject: Proscar, Propecia, Avodart?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
The answer on how to medicate:
Is that the same meds used with Lupron can be used at the same dosages
with deslorelin. The answer arrived privately. Here is one past post on
such meds to help anyone else:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL7070
From: AFERRETVET@cs.com
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Great question. Proscar/Propecia block the 5 alpha reductase II
enzyne, and Avodart blocks 5 alpha reductase II AND I enzyme. Thus
Avodart works a little bit better. As for doses Proscar/Propecia 1 mg
once a day for 1-2 months (ie till the prostate shrinks) then 0.1 mg
once a day after that to keep the prostate from "growing." A suggested
dose for Avodart is 0.05 mg (1/10 of the capsule) once a day. After
the prostate shrinks then
0.05 mg every other day. There has not been much work with Avodart in
dogs or ferrrets, so the dose may change with time. Remember to use
melatonin because it can also shrink the prostate and lower the
adrenal hormones.
Hope that helps,
Jerry Murray, DVM
and there are more in the FHL archives.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
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