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GrannyJu1
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Post   » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:20 pm


Diagnoses: Lice - Treatment: Ivermectin, Topical, behind the ears, using 1/2cc Insulin Syringe with needle broken off.

9/12/15 1281 gm .065
9/19/15 1235 gm .06
9/26/15 1258 gm .065
10/3/15 1250 gm .065
10/10/15 1251 gm .065
10/17/15 1239 gm .06

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Lynx
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:07 am


I think I asked in a different thread, what is the concentration in mg/ml?

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GrannyJu1
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:43 am


Yes, you did, Lynx. Sorry, I forgot. I'll post it in the other 4 now.

"Ivomec - Injection - 1% Sterile Solution 50 mL"

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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:50 am


Are you accounting for the fact that you're only using a half cc syringe when measuring the doses?

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Lynx
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:05 am


Ivomec injection 1% solution is a suspension containing:

10 mg/ml

Better to write 10mg/ml or at least include this info rather than just writing it is the 1% solution. People who do not know what this is in mg/ml may mistakenly jump to the conclusion that this is 1mg/ml.

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GrannyJu1
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:12 pm


I wrote EXACTLY what the bottle said - nothing more, nothing less.
This is the same stuff I bought and use:

https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30325

bpatters, I use the same syringes shown in the pictures at the above link.

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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:26 pm


That picture is not of an insulin syringe -- it's a regular 1 cc syringe.

You said you were using a .5cc insulin syringe, which will have different markings. Insulin syringes are marked in units, not necessarily in ccs.

You need to be sure you're not giving half the recommended dosage.

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GrannyJu1
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:39 pm


So in other words, I shouldn't be using the equivalent of 2 or 3 small drops behind each ear; I should be using the the equivalent of 2 or 3 VERY LARGE drops behind each ear - the size of drops that will run down the necks... The syringe on the right?

Image.5 units vs .5 cc-ml

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Lynx
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:53 pm


Yes, you want big drops like what would come out of the one on the right. That is what we recommend using. If you have been using the tiny drops from the dropper on the left, this may be why you've had problems all along getting rid of the parasites.

Somewhere on the box (or perhaps in the directions) it should have the actual concentration in mg/ml. The Durvet pour-on ivermectin I have doesn't use the percent method (which can be misleading and end up with people giving less than they should). It does only say "Contains 5 mg ivermectin per mL" which is the clearest method of describing the concentration.

I do understand this was not easily evident on the Ivomec box.

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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:43 pm


Ditto Lynx. Insulin syringes are NOT equivalent to regular syringes, and shouldn't be used to dispense regular medications unless you've very sure of what you're doing.

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GrannyJu1
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:10 pm


My husband can only find the "1% solution", also.

Now, I think I'm either going to throw up or kill myself. I prefer the latter.

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Lynx
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Post   » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:16 pm


The 1% solution will work FINE. Don't worry about it.
https://www.guinealynx.info/calculate_do ... rationtips

Just make sure you understand there are 10mg/ml. That is the concentration (people, please, correct me if I'm wrong).

www.guinealynx.info/_dose.html

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