Kyle,
Nina, are you sure you really have a way to keep the unused sterile? I'd be
really worried about that.
No, it is a risk, but when I was considering using the "left-over" before, I had two worries, the sterilization factor, and I wasn't sure if the interferon would break down and become either useless, or worse, somehow harmful to them. I'm pleased because from what you found out, it seems there is only one worry! :)
Your crack about the Great Dane dosage made me smile. I know that one of the uses for Feline Interferon for dogs is in the treatment of Parvo, since puppies are the ones that usually are treated for Parvo, I guess it would only cost 1 grand.
It is heartbreaking that something with so much potential should be so hard to procure and pay for.
Nina
Melbeach wrote:
Well the Product Information says 1 MU/kg body weight. So the 5 MU vial would be for a 5 kg cat, which is exactly 11 lbs (5 x 2.2) on the money. So Lucy is exactomundo with 1 vial! Then Jazz is 4.05 kg, so say 80% of the vial. Then Grace is 3.09 kg, so say 60% of the vial. I guess your vet is saying what the hell, if we got it let's use it.
For dogs, it's 2.5 MU/kg. So a great dane costs what, 10 grand to inject?
Nina, are you sure you really have a way to keep the unused sterile? I'd be really worried about that.
-Kyle
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Some More Virbagen Omega Info
The last time they were weighed, (I haven't invested in a scale), was on 11/24. Jazz was 8lb, 15oz and Grace was 6lb, 13oz. They've both gained weight since then, especially Grace. It seems to me 21bs is a pretty big discrepancy, but they suggested the same amounts of VO for both.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How much do they weigh? The dose is weight-dependent. Michelle
In a message dated 3/9/05 3:15:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was splitting each vial between Jazz and Grace. The protocol I used called for one large dose (3/4 of the vial) followed in subsequent weeks by 1/4 of the vial (each day for 5 days). I would give the first large dose to whomever was sicker, the middle phase both would get the smaller amount (wasting 1/2 a vial), and then the other cat would receive the larger dose during the last phase. Does this make sense? Neither of them has ever received a full vial in one injection. Nina
