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Update on drugs used to treat endocrine diseases in small animals.

Behrend EN

Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. behreen@vetmed.auburn.edu

Drug therapy for the endocrine system is implemented to replace a hormone deficiency or to prevent or reduce the formation or effects of excess hormone. Treatment of endocrine disorders covers diseases of the pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid, and thyroid glands as well as the endocrine pancreas. This article focuses on new therapies currently available for specific diseases. Administration of trilostane for treatment of hyperadrenocorticism and use of insulin glargine, protamine zinc insulin (PZI), and porcine Lente insulin for diabetes mellitus are discussed. In addition, transdermal methimazole therapy for treatment of feline hyperthyroidism and administration of progestins for pituitary dwarfism are considered.

Published 20 September 2006 in Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 36(5): 1087-105, vii.
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