Thanks for the info, KG. Agaricus blazeii looks very interesting. I might call the homeopathic vet we use to get her recommendation for using it.
Ember has been given Transfer Factor on and off since she tested positive, and her most recent time on it has been for about two years now. It might be part of the reason that she's done so well. Best regards, Lance On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:13 PM, KG BarnCats <[email protected]> wrote: > consider adding Agaricus blazeii for white cell stimulation, obtaining from > atlasworldusa.com . It worked great for my felv- boy when he was going thru > chemo for multi site lymphoma, the vets were astonished how great his > bloodwork was. Normally the white count would drop dramatically but his > stayed normal. I get the human capsules then mix it in the wet food. He is > super fussy but ate it without problem. It is not very expensive, about $1 a > day. > > the agaricus blazeii is a standard support recommended by Dr Alice Villa > Lobos, one of the top feline cancer speciaiists in the US. Google immuno > nutrition villa lobos to find out more. > > another thing to consider is transfer factor, more expensive but it is the > stuff in mother's milk that stimulates, trains and regulates the immune > system. It works for any mammal. There are several versions, the more > expensive one with tri-factor is supposed to tune up the immune system over > 400 per cent. I used to use it but had to give up due to the cost. Can be > bought on Amazon. > > good luck > KG > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for relating your experience, Sally. That link might come in handy, > too. I wish we had more to go on than anecdotes, though. It seems like there > haven't been that many studies done to confirm what treatments work best. I'm > considering: > > ImmunoRegulin > Virbagen Omega > LTCI > Neupogen > > I don't know if I can afford Neupogen, and when I talked to my vet about it, > she seemed uncertain. It has a reputation for causing bone pain, and if I can > help it, I don't want to give Ember something that makes her miserable. > > Virbagen Omega is expensive, but I know (roughly) how much it costs, and it's > worth it to me if it can help Ember. There seems to have been some success in > its use. Unfortunately, it still doesn't seem to be available here, and > shipping is a good chunk of its cost. > > LTCI and ImmunoRegulin seem affordable and potentially useful. When I was > last looking into these options, there wasn't much evidence to support LTCI's > benefits. It seems to have become more accepted over the last few years, but > I'm still feeling cautious about it. > > I'll do a more thorough scan of the list's archives soon, and I'm going to > call a few vets tomorrow. > > Lance > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 12:25 AM, Sally Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lance, >> >> Two of my cats got this. Junior went from being anemic to borderline low and >> his fevers which had been as high as 106.5 went away. Now As I am reading >> more I wish I had kept him on it. Tiny wasa asymptomatic but he was >> positive. He actually passed 4 mos after testing positive. The felv probably >> played a part. He most likely threw a clot I was with him and was too >> sudden. There was no emergency vet visit. The worst part was he died on >> Chstmas day. I miss them all.I ordered the IR from Revival Pet supply. I >> ordered mine direct does not require a presciption. >> http://www.revivalanimal.com/ImmunoRegulin-EqStim.html It was more if my vet >> ordered it. I took the vial in to the vet's office and a tech gave him the >> injection IV. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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