[Felvtalk] interferon alpha injected?

2011-10-09 Thread 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] interferon alpha injected?

2011-10-09 Thread 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 gbl...@aristotle.net
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:01 AM
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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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