COURSE, I WAS PAYING HUMAN PRICES FOR PROCRIT, BUT WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN PRICING! DORLIS ---- gary <[email protected]> wrote: > I made a "slight" error when typing below, it should say a dose is 100 units > PER KG, not just 100 units. How many doses one vial gives you depends on > the size of your cat. For mine it is 5 doses, just about enough to see if > it is working. You start with 3 times a week and as you approach your > target level of hemocrit, you start cutting back to twice a week and monitor > results and then to once a week and if you get lucky, maybe to once every 10 > - 14 days. It just depends on how the hemocrit level responds. Here is a > link to an article you may find helpful. > http://www.felinecrf.org/anaemia.htm#epogen_eprex_procrit > > Your vet is over the edge on prices, just have him call it in to the Walmart > Specialty Pharmacy at 1-877-453-4566. You will also need U100 insulin > syringes, they are .5ml maximum and are marked for .01ml minimum so it is > pretty easy to draw up the units you need. > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 8:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Wolfie Update > > Hi Gary, > > How many shots does that vial give you? I'm trying to figure out the > expense of Epogen. My vet quoted me $277 for Procrit and she said it was > almost double that at the other pharmacy she uses. I need to do the math to > figure out how many doses that $277 is for but it sounds like your deal is > way better. > > Amy > > > I had the vet call in a prescription > > to the Walmart Specialty Pharmacy. > > > > It was $30.68 for a 1ml 2000 unit vial and they shipped it > > FedEx overnight > > for free. Got it about an hour ago and have already > > given the first shot > > (100 units). As long as it is given Sub-q, I do it > > myself (shots, fluids, > > etc.). > > > > I am looking into Staph Protein A which showed a lot of > > promise in treating > > FeLV back in the mid 80s. This is given with a shot > > into the abdominal > > cavity - I think I will be letting the vet do that. > > > > Gary > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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