I am having a problem with the list. I never see the initial posts (for example I did not see this one) , and there were many replies before the thread hit my inbox. Merlin is hanging in there.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s exactly what it does. In humans, it is also given to treat severe > non responsive genetic anemia. However, it is an anabolic steroid which > athletes use, so it is also excellent to build muscle mass in cats that are > wasting and as I mentioned, it is a superb appetite stimulant. > > > > Quite unfortunately in my opinion, it got a bad reputation because (a) > athletes abuse it and (b) there was this observation in the vet world that > it caused liver damage. When our beautiful little Zander had his miraculous > turn-around, I waited a full year to contact the internal medicine > specialist who had seen in him in the ER clinic and had administered blood > transfusions to Zander. That vet and everyone else had told us that there > was nothing else that could be done when Zander reacted to the second blood > transfusion, and we were told a third transfusion would likely kill him as > he had now developed antibodies to the foreign red cells. When I called > this vet to tell him of Zander’s amazing turn-around and the fact that > Zander was actually still alive and doing very well after a year, the > internist said to me that I had “gone old school” in using the Winstrol. > When I asked him what he meant, he explained that they used to use Winstrol > all the time for leukemia and a host of other conditions in cats, but they > had stopped when some talk at some vet conference suggested that it might > cause liver damage. I explained that we had followed Zander’s blood work > closely, and while we did see a rise in some liver enzymes eventually, they > went back to normal after tapering the medication, and there were no > lasting problems with the liver. We have now seen this in several other > cats with other conditions like sarcoma, FIP, etc. We have had good > response to the Winstrol in almost every scenario we have tried it (and we > always take the sickest of the sickest cats to look after), and > occasionally we seek a spike in liver enzymes but it doesn’t affect the > cats and it disappears with no lasting effect on the liver. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Jenn Trotter > *Sent:* September-21-15 1:25 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list > > > > Amani - I am interested in Winstrol. Is that something that has been > tested to help non-regenerative anemia? > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Amani Oakley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Katherine > > > > See my email regarding use of Winstrol. I tried LTCI injections on our > little boy, while monitoring him extremely closely with weekly blood work. > The LTCI did absolutely nothing for him, though we tried it for at least > six months. As soon as I put him on the Winstrol, and again, running weekly > blood work, his red blood cell numbers began to climb – and I mean within > days of starting the medication. They continued to climb, as did his > platelets which had also been running low. His reticulocyte count > (measuring new red cell production) also went up, and it had been at almost > zero for more than 8 months before the Winstrol. We had given him several > blood transfusions because he just wasn’t producing any red cells himself. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Katherine K. > *Sent:* September-21-15 11:24 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list > > > > We are hanging in there. My 2.5 year old, Jazz just went for his annual > check up and weighed in at 13.5 lbs! He's quite healthy. My 12-13 yr old > cat Krammer used to weight that much but has lost 2 lbs since May > unfortunately, and is now down to 9.5 lbs. He is on a low dose of > Prednisolone to stimulate appetite. I'm debating whether to buy more LTCI > injections - he's had them monthly for the past 2 years but they're just so > costly and hard to measure if they actually do anything. Sigh. > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Jennifer Lewis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > All good here. Brynn seems as healthy as can be... > Jennifer L > > On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:52 AM, James G Wilson wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > Just testing the list. There hasn't been any traffic in > > awhile. Hope everyone and their little ones are doing well. > > Best wishes. > > > > James G Wilson - [email protected] > > (217) 816-8680 (cell) > > http://weather62704.us (Weather for Springfield, IL) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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