Subject:
Are you encountering a case of adrenal or estrus symptoms without
estrus or adrenal disease?
http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=16512
HUMAN topical hormonal medications have been affecting pets and
children. (Those of you who have been reading the FHL or FML have
read of alerts.)
>The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) plans to survey tens of
>thousands of veterinarians around the world to gauge how widespread
>and significant are accidental exposures of pets to their owners'
>topical hormone preparations.
...
>In July, the [FDA] issued a safetyannouncement about the potential
>for accidental exposures in children and pets to Evamist, a spray-on
>estrogen treatment for hot flashes.
>
>An investigation by the VIN News Service published in June found that
>a number of cases of accidental exposures in pets involve the use of
>hormone replacement therapies prepared by compounding pharmacies, as
>well...
>
>...David Miller, CEO and executive vice president of the International
>Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP), said he would be willing to
>help alert pharmacists to the need to warn consumers of the risk of
>topical medication transfer. ... survey will be distributed to the
>nearly 28,000 practitioner members of VIN, the majority of whom are
>small-animal veterinarians.
>
>Pion said that while the survey will not document with scientific
>precision the prevalence of accidental exposures in pets, it may give
>a first estimate of the problem.
This problem is expected to increase as more boomers seek treatment.
BE AWARE THAT TOPICAL HORMONAL TREATMENTS -- sprays, gels, and cream --
DO RUB OFF; cover those locations well to protect children and pets,
and wash your hands thoroughly!
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.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://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)
[Posted in FML 6821]
