i just read a warning about using this drug for cats.
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Dubose
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Appetite issues and Monkee update
Cyproheptadine is also a decongestant, maybe the vet thought it would mask a
URI.....?
----- Original Message -----
From: Caroline Kaufmann
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: Appetite issues and Monkee update
He was on one (Cyproheptadine), but I ran out of it right after his blood
transfusion (2 weeks ago). The Vet didn't want to give him anymore/keep him on
it in case it was "masking" anything. I don't know what the H that means. I
mean, what could it be masking? Hello? He has cancer and FeLeuk and anemia--
we know all that! Anyway, he gets his primary care now from his new Holistic
Vet and we saw her last Friday for the 2nd time. At that time, and all last
week, Monkee was eating like a fiend, so she said she'd rather not have him on
the stimulant if he didn't need it. She also said Cyproheptadine can cause
liver problems (but then again, that's probably the least of his concerns right
now...). I have an email and a call into her and I am sure I will hear from
her tomorrow, so we'll see. I'm going to look to her to determine if it's time
for another transfusion, or if just an appetite stim would help, etc. What's
comforting with Monkee though is that he was doing sooooo well last week,
eating great; also his Holistic Vet always talks about his "strong life force"-
which, I can admit that sounds funny- but when you see him, you just get it;
and finally the fact that he still weighs 12 pounds...all that excess weight
that poor cat spent 4 years eating Science Diet Light to lose is really coming
in handy now! Ah...the irony.
-Caroline
