Hi, just my 2 cents worth. Spoke to a vet today. The reason about using the 1000cc bag is because the dilution factor is very large. Using a smaller bag would mean using a very minute amount of the undiluted interferon and the smaller the IV saline bag, the less accurate in measuring the ratio. She did say that the current info she has is that it will last 2 months in the fridge. I guess with my 15, I can make a sizable dent in it. But if you have only 1 or 5, it seems such a waste. I've asked about be able to refreeze it but she has no info on that. I wonder if there's a way to get the undiluted interferon directly? There was mention in another email about lasting 4 months. Is there any written confirmation on this? Niki ------Original Message------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: February 27, 2001 2:08:01 AM GMT Subject: Re: Absolutely WONDERFUL news Hi Helene! The problem is this: The vet had frozen only those amounts, and that's what she said to dillute it in... I really don't have much of a clue as to what to do about it otherwise... Genie and Samantha and the lucky six In a message dated 2/26/01 10:10:59 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: RE: Absolutely WONDERFUL news > Date: 2/26/01 10:10:59 AM Central Standard Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Helene Hand) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Genie--am SO happy about Samantha!!!!!!! Interferon is the answer---but, > Genie, are you sure that you would dilute it in a 1000cc bag-?????-because > you will only be giving 14 cc a month--(7 on-7off) and the bag would then > last over 71 months unless you changed it out. you see, I get only 30 cc of > already diluted interferon/albumin per 2 months , and it has a refrigerator > life of 2 months. you might want to check it out again; find out the > milligram strength of the interferon before dilution- that just seems alot > of cc. You can get 50, 100, 150 cc IV bags---- just concerned over the > ratio but, hey, what do I know????? > Helene > ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
