Hi Kelley I have responded and attached an article but I don’t see my post coming through. It may be because of the article size, that there may be a delay. I will watch and see if it goes through and try to repost.
Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley S Sent: September-21-15 2:14 PM To: felvtalk Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list Regarding the Winstrol, are there any scientific studies I can show my vet? On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Kelley S <moonv...@gmail.com<mailto:moonv...@gmail.com>> wrote: I am having a problem with the list. I never see the initial posts (for example I did not see this one) , and there were many replies before the thread hit my inbox. Merlin is hanging in there. On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com<mailto:aoak...@oakleylegal.com>> wrote: That’s exactly what it does. In humans, it is also given to treat severe non responsive genetic anemia. However, it is an anabolic steroid which athletes use, so it is also excellent to build muscle mass in cats that are wasting and as I mentioned, it is a superb appetite stimulant. Quite unfortunately in my opinion, it got a bad reputation because (a) athletes abuse it and (b) there was this observation in the vet world that it caused liver damage. When our beautiful little Zander had his miraculous turn-around, I waited a full year to contact the internal medicine specialist who had seen in him in the ER clinic and had administered blood transfusions to Zander. That vet and everyone else had told us that there was nothing else that could be done when Zander reacted to the second blood transfusion, and we were told a third transfusion would likely kill him as he had now developed antibodies to the foreign red cells. When I called this vet to tell him of Zander’s amazing turn-around and the fact that Zander was actually still alive and doing very well after a year, the internist said to me that I had “gone old school” in using the Winstrol. When I asked him what he meant, he explained that they used to use Winstrol all the time for leukemia and a host of other conditions in cats, but they had stopped when some talk at some vet conference suggested that it might cause liver damage. I explained that we had followed Zander’s blood work closely, and while we did see a rise in some liver enzymes eventually, they went back to normal after tapering the medication, and there were no lasting problems with the liver. We have now seen this in several other cats with other conditions like sarcoma, FIP, etc. We have had good response to the Winstrol in almost every scenario we have tried it (and we always take the sickest of the sickest cats to look after), and occasionally we seek a spike in liver enzymes but it doesn’t affect the cats and it disappears with no lasting effect on the liver. Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org>] On Behalf Of Jenn Trotter Sent: September-21-15 1:25 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list Amani - I am interested in Winstrol. Is that something that has been tested to help non-regenerative anemia? On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com<mailto:aoak...@oakleylegal.com>> wrote: Hi Katherine See my email regarding use of Winstrol. I tried LTCI injections on our little boy, while monitoring him extremely closely with weekly blood work. The LTCI did absolutely nothing for him, though we tried it for at least six months. As soon as I put him on the Winstrol, and again, running weekly blood work, his red blood cell numbers began to climb – and I mean within days of starting the medication. They continued to climb, as did his platelets which had also been running low. His reticulocyte count (measuring new red cell production) also went up, and it had been at almost zero for more than 8 months before the Winstrol. We had given him several blood transfusions because he just wasn’t producing any red cells himself. Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org>] On Behalf Of Katherine K. Sent: September-21-15 11:24 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list We are hanging in there. My 2.5 year old, Jazz just went for his annual check up and weighed in at 13.5 lbs! He's quite healthy. My 12-13 yr old cat Krammer used to weight that much but has lost 2 lbs since May unfortunately, and is now down to 9.5 lbs. He is on a low dose of Prednisolone to stimulate appetite. I'm debating whether to buy more LTCI injections - he's had them monthly for the past 2 years but they're just so costly and hard to measure if they actually do anything. Sigh. On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Jennifer Lewis <blonded...@mac.com<mailto:blonded...@mac.com>> wrote: All good here. Brynn seems as healthy as can be... Jennifer L On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:52 AM, James G Wilson wrote: > Hey all, > > Just testing the list. There hasn't been any traffic in > awhile. 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