From: "Chris Keil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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| Mostly it's because you're big enough to take the hit, actually. The
dose
| to kill something of your size is considerably larger, but still
possible
| (as your example shows) to kill a human. The "theraputic index" (the
amount
| which will do some good but not kill) is much tighter in smaller
animals.
...
| This is a VERY good object lesson to the list, however, in the dangers
of
| self-medicating pets (and humans, for that matter). The amount needed
to
| cure or kill may be very different in a different animal (or person).
The
| moral of the story? Unless you KNOW what you're doing, don't. You may
end
| up hurting or killing the one you want to help. This applies to most
all
| medications, BTW.
(I think Kelly the pharmacist posted this.)
Thank you. I learned a lot here as a nervous novice.
