Thank you so much, Michelle. I printed out the articles from this website (I hadn't realized that I was posting from our own resources before!) for my vet and she's doing some research on her own before getting back to me. I will forward your response to her as well.
I'm taking Satch in for a chest x-ray tomorrow to try and get a better idea of what his cough is all about.
Thanks again!
Leslie
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Subject: Re: ImmunoRegulin
I-R, in my experience, is way way way more effective than Interferon in
getting rid of colds. If that is what Satch has, and he just can't kick it, I
would very much recommend I-R over Interferon. I have tried both multiple times.
One of my cats, Ginger, did get temporary side effects from I-R, and they
were quite scary. Basically her fever went up a lot for about a half hour or
so-- up to 106 I think-- and she got chills. This happened both times I gave it
to her. But when the fever came down a half hour later she was much better
than before, and a cold that was keeping her from eating and had not responded
to antibiotics went away completely after two I-R shots 3 days apart. I used
I-R with another cat, Patches, who did not have any side effects. Others on
the list have used it successfully with no side effects as well, and the
shelter where my cats came from uses it all the time and none of the cats have
had the side effects. I think they are rare. At any rate, they are very
temporary. I did not like them, but I was very glad I gave Ginger the I-R because
she got so much better right after the second dose and nothing else was
working. I think the fever showed that the I-R really did stimulate her immune
system to kick in. Something else to think about-- I gave Ginger (and Patches) 1
ml each time. The recommended dose is actually 1/2 to 1 ml, which I did not
realize at the time (was going by the recommended dose in the article on the
_www.felineleukemia.org_ (http://www.felineleukemia.org) web page) and
probably should have given her 1/2 ml at least the first time to see if she had
any side effects. I would start with 1/2 ml not 1 ml.
Hope this helps,
Michelle
