From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2008-11-12 14:16:08 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Prednisolone dose too high for insulinoma?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi Mackenzie,
An alternative arrangement would be to get the liquid pred - then you
can decrease the dose gradually to an optimum level. This is what my
vet does. I started at the high dose and decreased it by 0.0l mL
every 48 hours. OR you can start at a lower dose and incremently
increase it to an optimum level that controls the clinical symptoms.
Perhaps your vet might consider these alternative options if you
discuss it with him.
If you email me privately I can send you a recent paper by Chen
(2008) that suggests "Doses of 0.25 to 2 mg/kg by mouth every
12 hours have been used. Many clinicians start at a low dose and
increase the dose incrementally as needed to control clinical
symptoms (p. 113)."
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "mackenziew82"
<mackenziew82@...> wrote:
>
...She was
> prescribed 2.5mg prednisolone (via tablet form) once a day
(although
> I have been giving 1.25mg twice daily after reading previous
posts).
... I don't want her to
> become tolerant to the high dose and then have nowhere to increase
> the dose to when symptoms worsen. ...
> Although, She has vastly improved since about two days after I
> started the medication, no more spacing out, wobbling or drooling,
> although she still sleeps more than her sister (but the younger
one's
> only 2yo). ... Does anyone have access to articles etc that have
doses
> set out so I could show the vet?
>
> Thanks, Mackenzie
>
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