Re: [Felvtalk] Epogen and other RBC enhancing drugs....

2016-09-18 Thread Amani Oakley
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 marro

Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's First Month on Stanzolol

2016-09-18 Thread Amani Oakley
I am only familiar with the Doxycycine in pill form and it is quite stable with a long shelf life. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of dlg...@windstream.net Sent: September-17-16 11:58 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subje

[Felvtalk] FIV kitty

2016-09-18 Thread barbe berbes
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 ___ Felvta

Re: [Felvtalk] Epogen and other RBC enhancing drugs....

2016-09-18 Thread dlgegg
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. Ma

Re: [Felvtalk] Epogen and other RBC enhancing drugs....

2016-09-18 Thread Margo
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 was

Re: [Felvtalk] Epogen and other RBC enhancing drugs....

2016-09-18 Thread ROBERT CHAPEL
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 pat