From:
"possum1213"
Date: 2009-02-04 16:16:37 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Lupron dosage, sources and storage
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tressie" <tressiedu@...> wrote:
> Hmmmmm.... I live in Canada, not exactly a third world country and
vets here do still buy the human lupron and yes it is very expensive.
You misunderstood. When Lupron was first being used for ferrets,
after it was found that Lysodren wasn't working, all you could buy
was an entire human adult dose. There were NO pharmacies that fixed
ferret-sized doses. A single adult dose was many hundreds of dollars
and already mixed. It had to be stored in liquid nitrogen rather
than throwing the excess away. The only liquid nitrogen storage
facilities were usually found in human hospitals. There were a few
vets, I believe, who actually invested in liquid nitrogen containers
to store it. It was very difficult. I was only sharing a mutual
experience that Lucie and I shared many years ago.
> I would have to respectfully disagree with you when you say that
the lower doses are pretty much useless. We have had good results
with the one-month depot, at the 100 mcg dose.
You may disagree all you want, and that may be your experience. What
I said was that MY experience is that the smaller monthly doses are
useless, and my vet has also come to that same conclusion. I live in
Florida, you live in Canada. We have often discussed on this list
how different areas have different experiences with adrenal surgery
vs lupron vs melatonin implants. It seems that is the case here.
> I guess I tend to be more conservative when it comes to medications
and prefer to give the least amount of drug that will prove to be
effective.
That is a very good thing to do. However, you are wasting your time
and prolonging the problems when giving small doses when you KNOW
they are not effective, which is MY experience in Florida.
> My vet also takes a more conservative approach when it comes to
medications.
I would hope any reputable vet would.
> However, some people might interpret what you said to mean that
> a 1 mg, 4-month depot is the only dose that works, which would be
> misleading.
AGAIN, I stated that it was MY experience. And, in case you don't
know, Lucie, who asked the original question, also lives in Florida,
even further south than I.
Am I more clear now? I believe that nearly everything posted here is
based on our personal experience. Yours happens to be different from
mine.
Katharine
FLORIDA
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