It's not the same, Robert, and I am not sure it would work. The Epogen acts on
the kidneys to secrete erythropoietin, which is a hormone that tells the bone
marrow to produce more red cells.
The problem, in my opinion, is that the FeLV infiltrates the red cell
progenitor cells in the bone
I am only familiar with the Doxycycine in pill form and it is quite stable with
a long shelf life.
Amani
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My cats have Feline AIDS not leukemia, so please unsubscribe me from your
forum. Do you know of a forum that deals specifically with my babies
issue's? I can't seem to find anything Please Help me to help Them
. Thank YOU so very much
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I had personal with both. Since I did not respond it was stopped, then they
started 2 units of blood following the procrit. It did not work either (they
were giveing me Gymzar), so oncologist stopped it. I later went into
spontaneous remission after 1 year. It has been 12 years now.
I have used Aranesp (Darbepoetin) for a young cat with non-regenerative anemia
in kidney crisis. It seems better tolerated by cats than Epogen, and is given
less frequently. It isn't cheap, my little vial was $200, but she only actually
needed three doses. Two of those were given while she
Wondering if anyone in the group has any experience with Epogen or
Procrit ( and other such RBC enhancing drugs typically used with Kidney
Failure patients) It's appears to be quite a bit cheaper when used
for veterinary purposes than human As the go to drug for anemia in
Kidney
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