From:
"marie-agnes"
Date: 2010-01-14 02:06:19 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: What is the maximum of Furosemide dosage ?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
{He may be able to have the same dose every 8 hours
if the treating vet wants to try that.
-- Moderator]
Thank you so much for the reply
If I understand well Nahum is now at the maximum dosage.
If Nahum is still coughing, what is the alternative or
other treatment ?
Is it possible for a ferret to still cough if his chest is free
of fluids ?
I just wonder why Nahum coughed again yesterday (not today) with
all the medications he has.
I have understand the cough and fast breath is due to fluids in the chest.
Thank you
Marie-Agnes
> [Okay, you say that the concentration is 10 mg/ml so
> 0.4 ml each 12 hours is 4 mg each 12 hours and he weighs
> a little less than a kilogram.
>
> Now, Furosemide, like Prednisolone is one of those meds
> for which there is a range that applies for many ferrets BUT
> there are individuals who wind up safely able to go higher
> -- something vets try sometimes when the alternative is
> death.
>
> The usual range, depending on text book can be
> 1 to 4 mg per kg every 12 hours or even every 8 hours
> per _Essentials of Ferrets, a guide for practitioners_
> though _Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents, clinical medicine
> and surgery_ mentions half that.
>
> We've personally had ones who tolerated well over the
> usual range when their heart diseases were advanced
> and one who had trouble with standard dosing.
>
> So, go by the vet's assessment on that score.
>
> --Moderator (SDC)]
>
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