[Stones] CAUTION: CEFACURE

[admin at guineapigs.org]

Cefacure is the trade name given to *two* types of antibiotics - one, known as Cipro in the USA is ciprofloaxcin, which has been used on guinea pigs with relative safety (as most -floaxcin drugs). 

The other drug called Cefacure is Cephalexin a synthetic penicillin WHICH CAN BE FATAL IF GIVEN ORALLY

references:

GuineaLynx: http://guinealynx.info/findingavet.html (scroll to lower third of page) ,

"Pet Place": http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=1954



Tex


-----Original message-----
From: "S Mogensen" write2turbo at hotmail.com
Date: Tue,  3 May 2005 15:21:14 -0400
To: Stones at gpigs-database.org
Subject: RE:[Stones] Blood after stone removal

>  You could try Cefacure (tablets)  instead.