Jane,
I got in touch with Dr. Thomas last fall regarding ImmunoRegulin and
FeLV+ cats. In a nutshell, she said that she is still enthusiastic
about ImmunoRegulin for FELV+ cats. She emphasized that, while IR is
not a miracle drug, she's seen it help in many cases.
Lance
On Jun 20, 2007, at 7:45 PM, Jane Lyons 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
