[Felvtalk] Raltegravir for Felv

[Realissa Dekraunti]

I wanted to share a post I found on facebook. This lady says that
after Raltegravir,
her Felv positive cat became negative. I tried to contact her on facebook
to see if it's still negative.




One of my indoor cats tested positive with leukemia and her brother didn't,
so she remains a mystery as to where she got it from. As a kitten she was
tested and she was negative. Months later, she tested positive. The virus
reached her bone marrow a year ago and she was terribly anaemic. She
received a couple of synthetic blood transfusions when she was about to
die, and then the doctor started her on Raltegravir (a HIV integrase
inhibitor). This was, like a said, a year ago, and she's now better than
ever. There's no anaemia and her Felv tests come back negative. I hope this
gives other people hope and inspiration to fight for their kittens. When
everyone was telling me to put her down a year ago, I just couldn't,
convinced that she deserved every ounce of effort. I couldn't separate her
from her brother, either. They sleep together, eat together, have the same
toilet and groom each other, and in a whole year, he hasn't got infected. I
tested him every 3 months and had hematology tests done, but he keeps
coming back negative. I hope with all my heart they are both healthy and
they stay that way.
[image: Valerie Benguiat's photo.]
<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155987762350393&set=p.10155987762350393&type=3>
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