Thanks to everyone for their help with the interferon questions I posted and answering questions on the dosageThanks also for bringing up the absorption and whether or not to give with food as that is a question I forgot to post. I have been giving it to him in the morning after he eats but not with food. Should I be giving it before he eats breakfast? Any reason why not to give him the dose at night?
The interferon came in a brown bottle that I have to refrigerate and with a 1 ML syringe. I just thought if I had to freeze it, I would need a bunch of syringes. I have a call into the pharmacy that sent it to me to ask why the bottle shows as expiring after a month instead of the 3 months they told my vet. I did originally call the # for Island on this site and they answered the phone as Franck's. http://www.islandpharmacy.com/ - 800-622-4510 - my vet had to fax them the prescription and talk to them and then I had to call this # and pay for the interferon and they shipped it within 2 days. Thanks Stacy [email protected] Message: 9 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:45:28 -0500 From: "gary" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon Message-ID: <1cd001a54f7a454192b565f3726dc...@matrixmpc> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original According to Island Pharmacy - they use to compound a lot of interferon, but no longer do it - it was not recommended to freeze the final dilution of interferon, just keep it in the fridge, they always said it was good for 90 days that way. The dosage for cats is 30 IU a day. The compound you have is made to have 1 ml equal 60 IU, so to get the correct daily dosage of 30 IU, you would use only .5 ml. Whether you use a protocol with a daily dosage, or the 7 on 7 off protocol is a choice you have to make. I don't know how your interferon is packaged, but if you do not need a needle to withdraw it and can use just an oral syringe, I would Google for a 1 ml oral syringe with cap. Most of the syringes listed as oral syringes will not accept a needle, so they are not dual purpose. Gary -------------------------------------------------- From: "Stacy Zacher" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:13 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Felvtalk] Interferon > Hi: > > I received a bottle of interferon from my vet. He told me it was a 90 day > supply but it says discard after 30 days on the bottle. I know many posts > have said that you draw it up into syringes and then freeze and I know it > doesn't last long. I'm guessing I need to do that but my vet told me to > call the compounding pharmacy that diluted it and sent it and just make > sure. > > The bottle says Interferon Alpha 2B 60 IU/ML 45 ML give .5 ML by mouth > once daily. I thought I had read most people are giving 1 ML daily or 7 > on 7 off? This came from US Compounding with an address in Conway AZ. I > didn't get much instruction with the bottle! > > So I am wondering about freezing and then do you know of any economic > sites where I can buy the 1 ML syringes in a box off 100 and the syringe > caps? I am also looking for empty small gelcaps. > > Thanks! > Stacy and Spanky > > > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
