http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/7343 >The University of Tennessee is the only place that I know of that runs >the ferret specific adrenal panel. no, the test does not tell you >how advanced things are. It just tells you how elevated the adrenal >hormones are. Yes, melatonin may cause a problem with the Tennessee >panel. Melatonin will lower the hormones that the Tenn panel is >testing. I do not know how long in advance you would have to stop >giving melatonin before the hormones will increase. However I would >not recommend stopping his treatment. No reason to let the disease >get worse just to verify the disease. Yes, you can use Lupron with >melatonin, so I would suggest adding Lupron to his treatment. NO, >Lupron does not cause any cardiac problems. Also your vet can order the >melatonin implants in Canada. I know Dr Paradis at the U of Montreal >uses them (in dogs). Your vet can contact her or Melatek (melatek.net) >about ordering the implants. > >Hope that helps, >Jerry Murray, DVM 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/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6072]