Hi Amani,
I mentioned it to my vet this afternoon. He said it is a very old drug,
and he's not sure he can even get it anymore, but would look into it.
Marsha
On 5/1/2015 2:51 PM, Amani Oakley wrote:
You know your cat's circumstances the best. However, my experience is that the
general veterinary community is mostly unwilling to prescribe Winstrol and/or
is quite unfamiliar with it (or only knows it enough to suggest that there are
possible liver side effects). Winstrol is a steroid, as you've said, but it is
an anabolic steroid, not a corticosteroid like prednisone or dexamethasone, so
it doesn't have the same interaction with NSAIDs. I recommend you do your own
research and come to your own conclusions. If I had listened to the advice I
was getting from the vet specialists I saw for my critically ill cats, they
would have died within months of the diagnosis (which was what I was told was
the best case scenario).
In the end, you are the one speaking with your vet so you will be in the best
position to gauge how best to proceed. I am giving advice from the sidelines, I
know.
Good luck.
Amani
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