From:
"Liz"
Date: 2011-09-11 16:56:51 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: HELP! Furosemide dosing for early cardiomyopthy?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
When dosing my ferret with Furosemide I was only giving 0.1mL per dose.
Better recheck your info.
Liz
MN
(moderator note: the ml of a medication is the volume given, not the actual strength or dose . So if you have a 15mg per ml dose and someone else has a 30mg per ml stength the 0.1ml amount given would not be equal. Plus there are dosing ranges, so each person or animal may start at lower end and taper up or down dosing based on results.)
PKaczorowski
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tressie" <tressiedu@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> I am not a vet but here is the dosing from 'Ferret Cardiology' (Wagner, 2009).
>
> "Furosemide (Lasix) at 2 to 3 mg/kg intramuscularly or intravenously (IV) every 8 to 12
> hours is used initially for ferrets in fulminant myocardial failure and at 1 to 2 mg/kg
> orally every 12 hours for long-term maintenance therapy (p. 150)."
>
> I have emailed you the complete paper to pass to your vet.
>
> Tressie
>
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