I don't usually share this, but seeing as you asked...Yes, in many cases the animal grade is as good as the human grade. Sometimes it is even better controlled, because there is often a slaughter restriction time associated with the medication. This assures that it is out of the meat prior to human consumption.
I've used certain veterinary injectables for Lyme disease. This was out of desperation when insurance failed to cover the therapy. The effect (herx) was exactly the same as experienced with the human grade. The major difference was cost (1/30th)! Words of caution: I don't endorse or encourage the off label use of any product. When injecting anything it is always possible to have an anaphylactic reaction and die. Failing to aspirate the syringe can result in a vascular injection which can also kill you quickly. Some animal meds are extremely irritating and not fit for use...unless you plan to go to slaughter where they cut that part out! That said, Pfizer BP48 is good to have in the frig, along with 3cc or 6cc monoject syringes. 25ga needles will work and they are small (my dogs like them best). It is hard to draw it up through a 25ga. What I do is put an 18ga in the bottle draw through it, remove the syringe, cap the needle hub, and leave the 18ga needle in the bottle. Then I install the 25ga needle on the syringe and do the injection. You can use the 25ga needle for both, but is hard to draw through and it dulls it a little when you pierce the rubber cap on the bottle. (the dogs dont like this!) Also, a bottle of epinephrine (cheep) in the frig is good to have, for many reasons. A very small syringe is what you want for this, as the dose is small. Jeff "J." wrote: > Speaking of antibiotics availability and Y2K, any idea if, since it's > likely that drug prescriptions will be few and far between next year, > "Penicillin G" for animals could safely be used on humans? Available now > without a prescription. It is injectible... other such anti-biotics for > animals are also readily available (for the time being) without a > prescription. See the following link for an example of PenG for animals: > http://www.lambriarvet.com/catalog/antibiotics4.htm > > I realize there are dosage and allergy concerns, but since it is termed > "sterile" is it safe in humans, does anyone know? > - Serious replies please! <thanx> > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
