Re: Teddy & Prednisone?

[Susan Campbell]

Pred does suppress the immune system, so if possible should be avoided for our immune compromised cats. however, in late stages of felv, pred apparently is recommended, but I'm not sure why. Many of our cats have secondary problems related/cause by the felv, IBD in particular. THIS would be helped by pred, because it is an immune related disease. But while treating this with the pred, you could be hurting your cat's ability to fight off infections as it will suppress the immune system. That is why I've opted for holistic/natural methods to treat BAndit's IBD.

From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Teddy & Prednisone?
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 05:51:24 -0700 (PDT)


Hi Corinne,
My understanding is that pred. compromises the immune system and should be avoided with positives. I know when I lost CC the doc said she couldn't fight anything off because we'd given her a cortisone shot for her placque/rash thing on her stomach.
I was waiting for someone with more knowledge to respond to this one, but no one has... I don't know if that means I'm wrong, or others didn't catch that in your message. Anyway I'd check it out very carefully before giving any steroid to Teddy.
tonya
tonya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Corinne, Interferon can make a cat depressed -- may be why your kittie isn't eating as much. You could try 3 days on, 3 off, or once every third day instead. Also, Interferon and Immunoregulin are two different drugs, they can be used at the same time -- one doesn't replace the other. Immunoregulin is given IV, needle straight into vein, that's why the vet has to do it.
Pam


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