Message Number: FHL10632 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Joan"
Date: 2010-01-04 03:25:24 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Need help finding...
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

I would like to know if kaopectate (attapulgite)
would be a viable alternative to bismuth subsalicylate?

[Which clay is in the Carafate suspension? That
can safely be given to ferrets who have mild to
moderate chronic diarrhea.

http://www.medicinenet.com/attapulgite-oral/article.htm
http://ask.metafilter.com/22030/What-happened-to-Kaopectates-old-formula
says that formula was pulled but I do NOT know if that is
a reliable location.
Notice that this is marked as obsolete:
http://www.medications.com/drugs/kaopectate-obsolete
Here is info on the reformulations that med has had:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/MedicationErrors/UCM080666.pdf
--Moderator]


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