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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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Marsha<br>
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On 10/27/2015 6:54 PM, Maya D'Alessio wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">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.</span><br>
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