[Felvtalk] Stanozolol (Winstrol(R))

[Amani Oakley]

Hi Maya, I will send you a private email with my vet’s name and phone number.

Regarding the intake of food, you need to support him while he fights this thing. I don’t think anyone can give you a hard and fast time frame regarding when to stop, but I will do my utmost to give my cats every chance. I usually can get sufficient baby food into them via syringe if necessary, for an extended period of time usually. I continue as long as I see that it is helping to allow him to live to fight another day. With something like leukemia, when they crash, you really should expect at least a month of convalescence and reduced appetite, while hopefully other things like the Winstrol start to increase his blood counts. He needs to keep eating while his blood counts go up, and you need to give him the time to recover.

I know that other people have a very different view, and I have learned that people really are of two minds on this. I think it is a personal decision, but for me, I don’t give up unless I see there is no hope, and I don’t give up well after my vets are ready to throw in the towel. Thankfully, my vets know me well enough and trust me enough now, to let me work as hard as I can to save my cats. They provide support and help and advice, and have been wonderful enough to admit when I am successful when they had predicted nothing but failure.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maya D'Alessio
Sent: October-20-15 1:56 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Stanozolol (Winstrol(R))

Oh wow, yes I am in Waterloo. Can you send me your vet's information and I will pass it along to my vet immediately.

He is mentioning AZT and interferon, but Merlot has a persistent fever and won't eat, I am assuming his body is not up to those drugs yet. He's currently on doxy, prednisolone and mirtazipine (appetite stimulant), and they gave him an antinauseant shot last night (cevinia I think).

Question to the larger group; my cat is uncomfortable (although better than yesterday), I have to force feed him and he's on a ton of drugs. How long is this feasible? How long should I let it go if we don't see improvement? How do you make that call. With my last cat, she deteriorated so rapidly and it was so dire that it was a pretty straight forward call.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com<mailto:aoakley at oakleylegal.com>> wrote:
Maya,

Seriously, I have to wonder about some vets. What is he offering you that will help your cat??

Anyhow, all I can say is I am happy I have a supportive vet. I will send you some links to stuff about Winstrol, but it is hard to find since the mind-set you have encountered already, is all too common, even when our cats are dying and there are few realistic alternatives.

Most of the links I will send to you will not speak to the use of Winstrol specifically for FeLV, but speak to things like building up strength and improving appetite.

Here is the first - very generic.


http://www.petplace.com/article/drug-library/library/prescription/stanozolol-winstrol

Amani

P.S. - I also noticed you are not far from me. My vet is in Etobicoke, in the outskirts of Toronto. Perhaps your vet should call my vet?

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