Well - whether it is FIP or felk virus, the longevity of the FOI as an anti-viral agent in the body should still be the same - I think that originally, for felk treatment, they went 7 days on and 7 days off - to avoid antibody reactions - if you have enough stuff to last for a couples of weeks, I say, go every day as it may not hurt, but since you don't right now, I will be concerned that after 4 days, when Lucy's body is starting to fight against the virus, you don't have any more to give .. another thought is to give oral interferon, the meantime,, I think it's still better than nothing -
The dosage and frequency of FOI is still very experimental for feline virus - there is no existing study to tell if every day protocol is better than every other day -we are all trying different things out.- I actually read a few research paper which tested the efficacy of anti viral activity of different type of feline virus and therefore, I am saying go every other day in a given situation. - _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VO dosing question and Lucy update That's for FIP, which I don't know that she has. The product info says every day for FeLV. You think for FeLV it is better to do every other day as well? In a message dated 1/20/2007 12:53:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michelle -go every other day - the effect of FOI has been tested (when given as a shot) to last for a several days according to dr. Ishida who first treated FIP kitties - so if you do every other day, you will be sort of wasting FOI - I looked into this closely as I questioned the same thing a few months ago -- it's hard to do, but stay positive, send her a positive thought and let her know that everything will be just fine..
