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Hi Nina,
I am able to get my Interferon Alpha from the Veterinary
Compounding Pharmacy that our vet clinic deals with. They apparently had
some frozen from another client I guess. They will be dispensing it at the
dosage I need, and said they can also flavour it - Chicken, Liver or Beef.
They are going to find out if I can just slip it into his food. My vet
clinic was originally going to get it from a regular pharmacy, then dilute it
etc., which was going to be more expensive than from the Compounding
Pharmacy. I am looking into getting the Virbagen Omega Interferon.
My regular vet tried to call the manufacturer with a couple of questions that
she needed answered from them, but they never returned her calls. She and
I have since learned that the reason the manufacturer never responded to the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency people last year regarding a couple of items of
information that they needed before giving approval for licensing here in Canada
may have been due to a "takeover" of the company?? I've since found
a bit of information on the internet that may support that. It's not that
my vet doesn't know how to go about obtaining the Virbagen Omega Interferon,
she's just having a little trouble getting a bit more information she needs to
begin the process for this particular drug. The reason we're going with
the Interferon Alpha for now is that the vet finally heard back from an Internal
Medicine guy. He recommended to start with it now. For all any of us
know at this point, the Virbagen Omega Interferon may be quite cost prohibitive
here - that's one of the things we're trying to find out. I have a couple
of more contacts for my vet to follow up on - you know, the one's that
won't/can't give information to the "purrents", only to a vet!
Pekoe continues to do quite well actually. Haven't
had a chance to post his most recent blood results - some went up, some went
down. The Internal Medicine guy said to go back to the 20mg. Prednisone
per day. He thought perhaps the dosage may have been cut back a little too
soon. We finished all the Doxycyline, but he didn't have Hemobart
anyway. Really, the only thing that's "out of the ordinary" with him
clinically is that he's still licking concrete some. Will keep you posted
as I find out more information.
Marlene
Pekoe & Angel Digby
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