Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-29 Thread Hotmail Junk
I had my cat on Interferon, LTCI, and Pred. He was given the death sentence by a University Vet, sent home to die. That was over a year ago. He is now FeLV negative, which we were told it was in his bone marrow. We are working on research and trials of different meds for anemia. The high

Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-29 Thread Gary
Do you have a website or something detailing your research, testing data, etc.? What trials for anemia are you involved with? Is your cat on any medications now? Was your cat on Interferon alpha or FOI? If on alpha, was he at the usual 30 unit dosage? How many LTCI shots did he have before

Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-29 Thread Ashley Vanover
I would be grateful for any more information you could provide as your cat's situation sounds so much like my little Kong's. Bless you for being willing to spend so much money on searching for treatment. It is people like you who are going to make a difference and help us all find new and

Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-29 Thread Hotmail Junk
There has been no rhyme or reason as to why Gray Kitty has been through so much. He is such a fighter! We hope to use any succesful treatment we find, to share and educate. We work on the anemia right now and am going to try a new drug that has less side effects than the current high

Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-29 Thread Hotmail Junk
Gary, At the moment all our data and graphing is on excel spreadsheets that we email weekly to the specialist I Michigan. Between he and our family vet, we adjust the pred dosage. We are currently reviewing some new meds with less side effects, for his anemia. He was on the interferon,

Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-24 Thread Ashley Vanover
Hi Crystal, I just started my cat on Interferon a few weeks ago. He is in the last stages of FeLV (it's in his bone marrow and he has non regenerative anemia), and I think I've seen some improvements in him. Nothing dramatic, but if it can help a cat that was given less than 3 weeks to

Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-24 Thread mitchell
I know that interferon is not an approved treatment for FeLV cats. There is an approved treatment in the US, it is LTCI. You can get more information about it on the company's website www.imulan.com. Hope this information is helpful. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Crystal Proper

[Felvtalk] Interferon And Other Medicine Questions

2009-11-23 Thread Crystal Proper
Hi everyone.  My vet and I have been talking about putting my asymptomatic FeLV + kitten, Nibbler, on Interferon.  However, she said the only kind she can get information on is the newer formula and it costs about $50 per month.  Also, since its so new she doesn't know how well it works.  Does