this is from joel, whom some of you will know from FIV stuff. while he and i disagree VIOLENTLY (well, we're polite about it, but absolutely diametrically opposed to one another's understanding of FIV), i greatly respect his scientific knowledge, and his ability to follow a great variety of streams of research. (he followed LCTI for years before imulan bought it.....)
i sent him the complete post you sent, jeni, with the details of what you'd found, and here's his response. it seems that he talks about that one active component, NAC, more on his personal FIV website. if anyone is interested, i'll pull that url from another emeow. he runs a yahoo group for FIV, as well, for those who follow the original researchers belief and continued research that HIV/AIDS and FIV are analogous, and that one can be treated the same as the other. MC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: joel kehler Date: Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [Felvtalk] Found some of original paper on therapy for felv To: [email protected] I've been aware of Van Dyke (the patent writer) for a long time. It's hard to say much of anything. If what he describes actually occurred, it's impressive. But as is so often the case, the study described was never published on or peer-reviewed. A woman I know said she supplemented her FIV+ cat with Cat's Claw and Echinacea for several years and that it then tested FIV-. The marketers of Moducare published a study (their own) saying that some of the cats they first tested it on back in the late 90s went + to -. And so on. What are you supposed to think? It's true or it's not, but the results are never independently vetted, so it's as much religion as science to subscribe to them. There's no reason to think antioxidants don't have a positive effect on retroviral infections. and, strange as it may seem, steroids do have some potential usefulness. A certain Dr. Albert Plechner claims to use steroids as the primary (though not only) drug for "curing" FIV and FeLV. There are even a number of vets who advertise themselves as "Plechner vets." I will say that the basis for claiming NF-kB inhibition as the crucial action of the steroid has questionable backing since, unlike HIV, a majority of strains of FIV have no docking site for it and so (theoretically) it shouldn't be able to enhance viral replication, though inhibition might well favorably impact inflammatory symptoms. I know of a guy who gave his dying cat 1200mg of NAC daily, probably inspired by Van Dyke; the cat died anyhow. In fact, I'd like to meet the cats who ate all that stuff in their food. Mine have always been able to sniff out the least bit of anything. (I gave Bud about 150mg of NAC in a capsule and even that would make him vomit if I did not give the capsule in the middle of a feeding. Bitter-tasting stuff.) Dianne Hayes, whom you may or may not remember from FIVCats, gave her Max injectable NAC at the behest of her alternative-type vet; he kept right on deteriorating.) Don't know what else to say. Joel -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org) Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
