Message Number: FHL9697 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Tony Clarke"
Date: 2009-08-18 23:13:50 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] =?iso-8859-1?q?Re:_Insulinoma_crisis_=96_Ferret_vet_on_holiday?=
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "zooey@..." <zooey@...> wrote:
>
> Tippex was initially put on one 1mg tablet of prednisolone once a day, bu=
t very quickly we realised it wasn't enough and we started him on one table=
t twice a day. That too didn't last long and we found him regularly off his=
legs, staring or drooling =96 not a total hypo, but we couldn't leave him =
in that state so we've been topping him up with liquid glucose. and his blo=
od glucose was down to a scary 1.6 (sorry, I don't know the US conversion, =
but normal should be 4.7).
>

I can't comment on the dosage(is tablet 100% active ingredient) but 3 times=
a day gives best results with less peaks/troughs of glucose.
Conversion for glucose is 18 so 1.6(mmol) x 18 =3D 28.8 mgdl.

Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.



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