Gary,
I'm pretty darn sure that my vet gets special approval from the FDA for
human drugs for use on animals when they think it will help. Why don't
you have your vet put in a call to my vet's liaison, Michelle Rose, at
Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group in Ventura CA (805-339-2290)? She
has made an "FDA packet" that she will fax out to anyone's vet who is
interested in starting the special dispensation process. This packet is
for Interferon Omega, but I'm betting that alot of the information could
be used to get approval for the Multiferon as well. You have to have
your vet call, because only a vet can apply. Tell 'em Nina sent you!
I'm guessing you'll have some takers on splitting the order, maybe a
local rescue would be interested. A cat doesn't have to have felv, or
fiv to need immune support. Keep us informed!
N
gary wrote:
Hi Nina,
I'm still here. They are correct, this is pooled natural interferon
and according to the stuy I read, is more effective than the single
recombinant interferon and appears to not have the rejection problem
that may be incoutered with the single recombinant interferon.
What I was really looking for was what one has do to be able to import
Multiferon for veterninary use. I would guess it would be similar to
how Interferon Omega is imported but I'm not sure because, as I
understand it, the omega that is being imported is made for cats and
the paperwork may or may not be different for importing a drug made
for people to use on animals.
You can import any lifesaving drug for your personal use (this means
to be used on you) and the rep from Pharmaceutical Solutions has all
the paperwork for that but he has no idea what the procedure would be
to get it for animals.
The study was, I think, encouraging enough to make getting the stuff
worthwhile. I suppose I could do it the hard way and just ask the FDA
what I have to do. Then all I need is 4 other people to split it with
as it comes in a box of five 3 million unit vials. Three million
units is way more than enough to do many more cats for a year than any
of us have.
Thanks,
Gary
