From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-04-27 19:48:35 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Melatonin toxicity???
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
There WAS a study where toxicity was worried about but the problem turned out to be
due to an injectable anesthesia if my memory is working right.
from 2005:
http://www.melatek.net/images/AEMV_Journal_Dr._Murray.pdf
which repeatedly mentions no toxicity
PubMed finds NO articles matching the search combination
ferret melatonin toxicity
nor does it find any with the substitution of "ferret" with "mustela".
So, on to Google Scholar Search...
Over 100 articles come up in
http://scholar.google.com/
so you may want to skim them and see if they also say no toxicity or if they mention any.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Andrea <brascoben@...> wrote:
>
> This vet writes (exact quote): "This ferret also had another hormonal imbalance which
the owner was treating with a highly experimental treatment (melatonin) which she
learned about on the internet. It has had known toxicities in ferrets, of which I warned
her, but she chose to ignore my advice, and follow the advice of the internet."
>
> First off, she nor my ferret's other Vet had never diagnosed my ferret with adrenal
disease. He was on oral melatonin for prevention of adrenal... and she *did* support that
I either give him oral melatonin or the Ferretonin implant. And she *never* ever warned
me of any toxicities. However, now she is saying otherwise...
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