Hi I used immunoregulin on a fiv cat. When she became anemic my vet mentioned epogen.
My holistic vet talked me out of it. Her opinion was that she saw more harm then good with epogen in cats. In my case it was highly recommanded not to use since Bamama immune system was so shot any type of minor side effect that could happen with any drug such vomitting she had. So I opted as a last resort with her. I found the immunoregulin helped her at first but very slow by the time I got the dosage that worked with her her blood count was so low my regular vet said we should try epogen and we did. She had a seizure 48 hours later. But you have to remember that she was on the down side of any type of drug there is 33% chance of a side effect that will or may occur after 3months but in her case it was probably a 99% chance so we used it as a last resort. There is an anemia group and many cats have done well on epogen but non are felv/fiv that have used it. But the do have a lot of info on the website you may want to join to read their archieves. Carla > Thanks Belinda. It looks like I need to take a harder look at this. > I'm trying not to overmedicate. Something tells me not to have her on > more than 2 or 3 drugs at once. So it'll probably be the immunoregulin > plus antibiotic plus something else. I need do more research on > combining immunoregulin with epogen. > > I think I really dropped the ball by not being sure about the > Hemobatonellosis first. I'm not sure if I want to add the trauma of > another blood test. But it would only make sense to know that before > starting anything major. > > -Melbeach > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belinda Sauro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: New FeLV+ Cat, transfusion yesterday. Please see blood > results. > > > > I've said this before and I will say it again, Jean Luc a > > cancer > > kitty had NON-REGENERATIVE anemia and epogen kept him alive for 2 > > years, granted he was not positive for FeLV so I don't know what > > throwing that into the mix would do, but I most certainly would try > > epogen on Bailey my positive if he ever became anemic and it was non > > regenerative. He is for sure going to die if it isn't tried soIi > > see no reason to not try it, you may be pleasantly surprised. And > > keep in mind epogen takes up to three weeks to start seeing results, > > so don't expect anything over night it takes a while. And it can > > take longer but three weeks seems to be average. > > > > -- > > Belinda > > Happiness is being owned by cats ... > > > > Be-Mi-Kitties ... > > http://www.bemikitties.com > > > > Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens > > http://adopt.bemikitties.com > > > > FeLV Candle Light Service > > http://www.bemikitties.com/cls > > > > HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web design) > > http://HostDesign4U.com > > > > ----------- > > > > BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) > > http://bmk.bemikitties.com > > > > > > > > > > >
