From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2011-05-02 20:05:58 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: approaches sought: ferret with adrenal disease who has possible
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
The generic name is Anastrozole(an as' troe zole), and here is
info on it in people:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000982/
This is a serious drug and hopefully she will not need it, in which case we just will be out the money -- which is still worth paying in case we need to jump fast. Having an option beyond her current meds which may help her is good.
In ferrets:
http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/johnson/index.php
(two paragraphs up from the conclusions)
This is page 4:
<http://books.google.com/books?id=rJiv3EWJTPcC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=anastrozole+ferrets&source=bl&ots=j9IkNqjLvy&sig=eEgArMNMz90hpeIYCxUc24j_zuU&hl=en&ei=Fwu_TbLwIOLj0QH3utzsBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=anastrozole%20ferrets&f=false>
Safety work was done in dogs and while side effects were common they tended to not be from toxic aspects but be things like the side-effects of sudden estrogen depletion (and estrogen depletion is what is needed if it is high and causing marrow woes):
http://www.medical-explorer.com/drugs-a/arimidex_3.html
http://www.druglib.com/druginfo/arimidex/interactions_overdosage_contraindications/
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
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(2010, Steve Crandall)
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