Oops, sorry I meant "take them to the vet and get it administered IV".
N
Nina wrote:
Linda, thanks for passing on the info from Best Friends. That was
nice of them to follow up with you.
If anyone is interested here's my 2 cents reaction... If I had a
situation that I was hoping IR would save my cat's life, then I'd take
them to the vet and get it administered IM. If I had a situation that
wasn't dire, that I hoped the IR would help speed recovery, then I'd
try it at home Subq. Someone on the list did use it this way with
good results and if I were going to go off label with it, I'd rather
do subq than im because it's less stressful for me and the cat. Im
shots hurt more than subq and you have to be careful about not hitting
veins/bones ect.
I did buy some IR and never had the nerve to use it. A rescue friend
had an urgent need, so I passed it on. They ended up not using it
either, so I don't have anything to personally report about it's
effectiveness.
Nina
Linda Johnson wrote:
>From what I've read I believe that they only give the
drug IM once per month. They did not mention
following a protocol like the one for the IV
administration.
About a week after my first email they did sent this
information:
Hi Linda,
Here is some more input from one of our staff vets.
"Not all of the cats get it. If her cats are adults
and relatively healthy, I would not recommend it. We
give the immunoreglan IM, but this is off label use,
so some vets may not be willing to do this. It is
hard to tell if it helps the cats or not."
I really like the idea of the IM administration too,
but after reading this email I'm not sure what to do. I discussed
this with my vet but she has never used
the immunoregulin before, either IV or IM, so she's
basically leaving the decision regarding using the
drug up to me.
