Help me chloroquine users...

[MrTuskfish]

You can't convert teaspoons to milligrams; one is volume, one is mass/weight (apples & oranges). I once got a jeweler to measure a precise milligram weight of a drug (legal) for me, marked a small vial, and used it for years . (Not with CP)

 

[i3oosted]

Does anyone know the weight of 1/8th TS of CP?

 

[alprazo]

I will let you know when I return home, but it will also depend on compaction, moisture, etc...
The scales are cheap and accurate. I saw one for under $20. I got mine at Target.

 

[jd474]

alprazo is correct, unless the chloroquine is being exposed to UV light, it is very stable in solution - a single dose can remain effective for 14 days or more. I generally use 10 mg/l as a preventative, but 15 mg/l for active disease. I've used 20 mg/l for persistant Uronema, but without much benefit. Definately continue to check the ammonia level following any chloroquine treatment.

-Bill

I have to disagree. Ambient light also breaks it down. I've seen it tested, and have personal correspondence from professional vets at large institutions that find the same.

FWIW, formalin is a much better treatment option for Uronema.

 

[alprazo]

I looked into this a little bit. It appears that the photodegradation peak for chloroquine is at 380 nm. This is in UV, but near the visible spectrum. Actinics are round 420. There is some byproduct degradation in visible light spectrum.

That said, I do believe that some degradation occurs in visible light. Ambient, indirect indoor incandescent light through glass though is unlikely a major source of decomposition.

It is reported stable in water. Not sure what that means, but from experience, definitely a month, long enough for treatment.

Now if your are running actinics, direct lighting or even indirect sunlight, that is a whole different story.

I totally forgot about the weight. I will check it tonight. Sorry.