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'Glenda,
I don't know how much Interferon Omega costs but
the natural interferon I got the pricing on (Multiferon manufactured by Veragin)
works out to $70 for a 3 million unit vial and if my math is correct that should
make 100,000 30 unit doses. That is enough for 274 cats for a year if you
dose them every day or twice that many if you do the 7 days on and 7
off like they did in the study. I would think the most expensive part
would be the saline and the syringes. The study actually uses 10 units per
kg so I would guess the average dose would be more like 50 units if you wanted
to follow their protocol. Then you'd only get 60,000 doses and that would
cover over 300 cats using 7 days on and 7 off. That should be enough for a
year even at very large sanctuaries.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:23
PM
Subject: Re: Importation of drugs
Michelle,
I ordered the paper last week, and this
natural human ifn (Alfaferone) uses several
human IFN-a subtypes, including IFN-a1, a2, -a8 and -a21....
It is
reminiscent of some of the earlier studies on FeLV & FIV that
used either a natural interferon (was then
referred to as a 'Cantell' type), or a or hybrid containing IFN A/D subtypes
in the late 80's, early 90's. In one of the papers I ordered (several years
ago), there were 2 cats that seroconverted from both FIV & FeLV. One of
the cats had nonregenerative anemia and seroconverted after 90 days of
alternate-week treatment and the other had chronic nonrefractory
dermatomycosis and had complete resolution of symptoms and later seroconverted
to both viruses. If you do a search on "Kemron interferon", it may be of
interest. PubMed's good, too.
It certainly, at least in this
study, looks "promising"..... and would certainly be cheaper than the
Feline Omega for FIV & FeLV sanctuaries.
Glenda
Vancouver
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In a message dated Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:08:15 -0800,
Lernermichelle wrote:
Are you talking about interferon omega, also called
Feline Interferon or Virbagen Omega? A few of us have imported that, and we
have all the forms in electronic version, and Nina's vet has put together a
packet she sends out to anyone interested. Basically, the vet needs to send an
application to the FDA for special dispensation. The FDA then takes a month or
two to approve it, sends the approval to the vet, and the vet sends that to
Abbey Vet in England with the order.
Michelle
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