Thanks Marsha,for your advise..all very welcome. I am very new to this subject. I am the lucky owner of 6 healthy cats and do all the best I can to make this little guy feel good..and he won't recover I will make sure that he doesn't have to suffer.
2014-06-03 21:58 GMT+02:00 Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com>: > Jetty, > > Regarding prednisone - it will make a cat feel better and stimulate the > appetite. It also sometimes can shrink certain kinds of tumors > temporarily. But keep in mind that it also suppresses the immune system, > which you usually want to avoid in a FeLV+ cat. Prednisone / Prednisolone > is a great drug, but be sure to balance the benefits against the negatives > for each specific cat. Prednisone will suppress inflammation, so it is > harder to tell if your cat has developed an infection. Infections in a > FeLV+ cat need to be treated quickly and for a longer time period. > > Marsha > > On 6/3/2014 12:12 PM, Jetty Dijkshoorn wrote: > >> Hi Lance, >> >> thanks so much for your reply, very much appreciated. I checked on the >> internet and found 10 ug at eur 152,00 at a webshop. Is that a price which >> sounds reasonable to you as I have no clue at all. Talked to my vet this >> afternoon and he was not that positive about using interferon. Wallie seems >> to be doing right now he is eating a lot and is feelling much better than >> when I let him in. The vet prescribed him antibiotics and a prednisone >> treatment. If necessary will give him this interferom as well, >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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