Hi Jane, There are others here with more information on interferon. I have used immunoregulin and feel that it was helpful. My cat is also on immune boosters, Transfer Factor and Manapol. He went through a rough time last fall and I was not sure I was doing the right thing. However he is stable now and gained weight back to his pre FELV dx. My cat was treated for uveitis, anemia, and a URI. He too has swollen lymph nodes.
Sally On 6/20/07, Jane Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am trying to decide what the best treatment would be for my cat (MeMe) who has 'moderate, but improving symptoms' of FeLV. (we are having success with stomatitis and giardia, but still have some swollen glands and a runny nose). I asked one vet that I use to order Virbagen Omega for me. This is her response to my request: > Jane, The info on this is not encouraging. Besides the expense, the > European vets don't feel it's a cure all. Here's a brief summary of > the one study: J vet Int Med July-Aug 2004. "Therapeutic Effects of > recombinant feline interferon-omega on felv-infected and felv/fiv > infected symptomatic cats" > Recombinant feline interferon omega or felv and felv/fiv cats compared > to 42 controls, 39 Ifn treated cats at 9 ms, mortality was 39% in the > Ifn cats, 59% in controls; at 1yr, mortality was 47% v.59%. > Ifn treatment gave minor but consistent improvement in blood > parameters (rbc count, wbc count). > So: statistical improvement but half still died by 1 year. Dr.E I have just read an article that was referenced on the Feline Leukemia site by Dr. Karen Thomas who was promoting the use of ImmunoRegulin. The article is not dated, and it is not clear if the information is current, or if there is any connection to interferon. Is there anyone who has experience with these treatments, or could direct me to someone who does? Thanks very much Jane
