[Felvtalk] interferon alpha injected?

[Gloria B. Lane]

One of the vets here told someone with an FELV cat, that she could use  
interferon alpha as an injection.  He didn't mention low dose ORAL  
interferon alpha.


It's been my understanding that the interferon was absorbed in the  
back of the throat.


Has anyone used interferon alpha as an injection rather than orally?

Thanks,

Gloria

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Re: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten

[Joslin Potter]

My cat was dx with FeLV just before he was a yr old, he's 5 now and we have not 
had to take him to the vet or anything (knock on wood).. If anything it just 
slowed him down a little faster, out of that kitten phase!
 
Joslin & Zoey



From: katskat1 
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten

I have 2 positives, one of them over 12 years old, the other about 2
or 3.  Both of them have been intermingling with my negatives
(currently 8 of them) for years.  I keep the negatives up to date on
vaccinations and haven't yet had one turn positive although I kept the
very young cats away from them until they were older and thru the full
series of vaccinations.


On 10/8/11, john pollack  wrote:
> My cat, Tigger is almost 5. he was born with FeLV. he lives with my other 5
> cats, ranging in age from 1 to 15. none of the others have teste=d positive,
> and they are checked yearly
>
>
>
> 
> From: JoAnn Fredo 
> To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
> 
> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:19 PM
> Subject: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten
>
>
> Message body
> I was apart of this list 09/2000 when my husband and I adopted 3 kittens,
> and all tested positive. We lost little Vinnie at 8 months due to lymphoma,
> Molly developed lymphoma and we treated it. She lived 4 years, the lymphoma
> never came back, the feline leukemia took her life. Toots lived 9 years, no
> problems until the last month of his life he developed bone cancer. All 3 of
> my babies received interferon and dimethylglycine every night. Two years ago
> we adopted 2 more kittens, they were negative. This past Friday my
> neighbor's daughter found a cute orange tabby kitten and asked us if we
> wanted him.  He tested positive, but it is not in his bone marrow. I have
> everyone separated, and am looking for a home. I know may people mix
> positive with negative cats, can you please tell if there are success
> stories out there or if negative cats became positive. Thanks, Jo Ann
>
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Re: [Felvtalk] interferon alpha injected?

[gary]

Hi Gloria,

I would be very interested in knowing what dosage that vet uses for an 
injection.  Interferon comes in little vial with the lowest dose in a vial 
being one million units and is usually 3 million units.  These vials are 
meant to be one injection for a human, but the oral dose for cats is only 30 
units, I can't imagine how you would draw up an appropriate dose for a cat 
without doing the same dilutions that are done for oral treatments.


Gary

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From: "Gloria B. Lane" 
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:01 AM
To: 
Subject: [Felvtalk] interferon alpha injected?

One of the vets here told someone with an FELV cat, that she could use 
interferon alpha as an injection.  He didn't mention low dose ORAL 
interferon alpha.


It's been my understanding that the interferon was absorbed in the  back 
of the throat.


Has anyone used interferon alpha as an injection rather than orally?

Thanks,

Gloria




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Re: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten

[dlgegg]

I have 7 cats rangig in age from 18 months to 12 years.  All are healthy.  2, 
Annie (5years) and Nitnoy (around 2 years) are positive.  They have been 
together for 4 years and my vet told me that as long as I keep the negatives 
vaccinated there should be no problem.  They all continue o be healthy with 
sleek, shiny coats, clear eyes, noses and ears.  They are all full of energy.  
In short, no problems.  If your other cats are at least 2 years and are up to 
date on their shots, I don't see any problems.  Only Tiger may have one as h is 
a kitten, but if you feed good quality food, give him medical care when needed 
and give him lots of love, I wuld keep him .  If you have hd him for 2 days 
minimum, he has already got you and yu wont be able to let him go.
 katskat1  wrote: 
> I have 2 positives, one of them over 12 years old, the other about 2
> or 3.  Both of them have been intermingling with my negatives
> (currently 8 of them) for years.  I keep the negatives up to date on
> vaccinations and haven't yet had one turn positive although I kept the
> very young cats away from them until they were older and thru the full
> series of vaccinations.
> 
> 
> On 10/8/11, john pollack  wrote:
> > My cat, Tigger is almost 5. he was born with FeLV. he lives with my other 5
> > cats, ranging in age from 1 to 15. none of the others have teste=d positive,
> > and they are checked yearly
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> > From: JoAnn Fredo 
> > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
> > 
> > Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:19 PM
> > Subject: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten
> >
> >
> > Message body
> > I was apart of this list 09/2000 when my husband and I adopted 3 kittens,
> > and all tested positive. We lost little Vinnie at 8 months due to lymphoma,
> > Molly developed lymphoma and we treated it. She lived 4 years, the lymphoma
> > never came back, the feline leukemia took her life. Toots lived 9 years, no
> > problems until the last month of his life he developed bone cancer. All 3 of
> > my babies received interferon and dimethylglycine every night. Two years ago
> > we adopted 2 more kittens, they were negative. This past Friday my
> > neighbor's daughter found a cute orange tabby kitten and asked us if we
> > wanted him.  He tested positive, but it is not in his bone marrow. I have
> > everyone separated, and am looking for a home. I know may people mix
> > positive with negative cats, can you please tell if there are success
> > stories out there or if negative cats became positive. Thanks, Jo Ann
> >
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