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.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) [Posted in FML 6821]