[Felvtalk] Stanozolol (Winstrol(R))

[Marsha]

My vet said that darbepoetin is a newer drug that he felt is safer.  But 
I'm not sure how much he has used it.  I haven't even started 
researching it.  The cyclophosphamide suppresses Peaches' immune system, 
so it may have a protective effect from the immune system.  Still 
looking for a source for Winstrol.  Two local vets are looking it up for 
me.  Neither has used it for 20-25 years.  One said she used to use it a 
lot for CRF cats that were anemic and cachexic.  She didn't have any 
issues with it (adverse or side effects), but doesn't remember it as 
anything spectacular either.  She cautioned that since Peaches is slowly 
improving anyway (appetite - I won't know about blood values until next 
week), that I might mistakenly attribute improvement to Winstrol (if I 
got some for her), when she was going to improve anyway.  Peaches' 
primary vet chuckled when I said her oncologist hadn't heard of it - 
"She must be young!" he said.  So anybody who's looking for Winstrol or 
a vet experienced with it, check out the local vets that are in their 
late 50's at least.

Marsha

On 10/27/2015 6:54 PM, Maya D'Alessio wrote:
> I would be careful about using erythropoeitin or darbepoeitin, both 
> have been shown to eventually (but not in every case) cause the cat's 
> own immune system to recognize the drug and destroy it, which would be 
> less of a problem if that was it, but unfortunately it also starts to 
> recognize the cats own natural erythropoeitin and destroy it as well. 
> This ends catastrophically badly, as without erythropoeitin, very 
> little blood cell production is able to happen in the body. It seems 
> to take some time for this reaction to happen, but I was just reading 
> up on it for my guy (Merlot), and from what I read I would be very 
> hesitant to use it. I would try Winstrol or something else first, 
> before I tried the erythropoeitin.
>

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