Note to Maya on interferon alpha: that is human recombinant interferon,
much easier to obtain and less expensive than Virbagen Omega, which is
feline recombinant interferon that must be imported. I feel that the
feline recombinant is a better choice, and currently can afford it, so I
will go with that rather than the human version when the time comes.
But....we all seem to be pioneers here. You'd think that with FeLV
being the one of the biggest causes of cat death, there would be more
research, more certainty on courses of treatment. But while I've heard
of one or two vets that swear by LTCI, more say they've had no luck with
it. The latest "flash in the pan" is a drug from Malaysia. A couple
years ago, the company signed up with another company that helps them
through the FDA approval process. But that takes a long time, and what
if the company fails before then? There has been at least one product
that was being used in FeLV+ cats where the company went belly-up. Not
approved by any govermental agency, but being used off-label, some
people felt it was helpful.
Marsha
On 7/24/2014 4:37 PM, Lance wrote:
I used interferon alpha and Liquid DMG fairly regularly for my Ember. She also
got Transfer Factor (human formula; not the one for cats), but I wasn’t
consistent with that and was uncertain about its efficacy. I might have
eventually looked into LTCI, but my vet did not like the lack of third-party
data on the treatment. However, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work.
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