At 12:19 PM 3/15/2007, you wrote:
The question is, if you take the trouble to go to the vet then why
not give it IV the way it is intended to be given,, that has the
accurate dosing . plus many drugs can be given iV but cause problems
given IM or SUB q as it can cause tissue damage,
I have used it IV in MAXX my FELV cat,\
Kelly
Linda, thanks for passing on the info from Best Friends. That was
nice of them to follow up with you.
If anyone is interested here's my 2 cents reaction... If I had a
situation that I was hoping IR would save my cat's life, then I'd
take them to the vet and get it administered IM. If I had a
situation that wasn't dire, that I hoped the IR would help speed
recovery, then I'd try it at home Subq. Someone on the list did use
it this way with good results and if I were going to go off label
with it, I'd rather do subq than im because it's less stressful for
me and the cat. Im shots hurt more than subq and you have to be
careful about not hitting veins/bones ect.
I did buy some IR and never had the nerve to use it. A rescue
friend had an urgent need, so I passed it on. They ended up not
using it either, so I don't have anything to personally report about
it's effectiveness.
Nina
Linda Johnson wrote:
>From what I've read I believe that they only give the
drug IM once per month. They did not mention
following a protocol like the one for the IV
administration.
About a week after my first email they did sent this
information:
Hi Linda, Here is some more input from one of our staff
vets. "Not all of the cats get it. If her cats are adults
and relatively healthy, I would not recommend it. We
give the immunoreglan IM, but this is off label use,
so some vets may not be willing to do this. It is
hard to tell if it helps the cats or not."
I really like the idea of the IM administration too,
but after reading this email I'm not sure what to do. I discussed
this with my vet but she has never used
the immunoregulin before, either IV or IM, so she's
basically leaving the decision regarding using the
drug up to me.
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