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This part of the website is something that will take a lot of work. At this point, there is no "cure" for Feline Leukemia Virus, or the associated diseases. As with most cancers, the leukemia disease, is treated most effectively when caught early in its course, i.e.in Stage I. The earlier that FeLV is detected, the better chance for survival for the infected
feline, is something that some folks may quibble with, since the prevailing wisdom is that there is no cure. But, there are various treatments which hold promise, and of COURSE, it is easier to manage a problem if you catch it earlier.

For MORE treatments to come about, there needs to be a critical mass of the American public, indeed, the WORLD community, to demand a cure.
Certainly, there are many, many cats out there who are either at risk, or are already FeLV positive, and thus, this is hardly an "orphan" disease or syndrome. If all pharmaceutical companies care about are the bucks,
there is a great potential for making money if a cure, or significant treatment for FeLV is perfected.

One of the treatments which , I believe, has a lot of promise, but has not
received a lot of work, is the use of Staphylococcus Protein A (Staph Protein A) to bring FeLV infected cats who have viremia, and to reverse this and to bring them into remission.

Much of the treatment now, is somewhat similar to that which is used for human leukemia and human cancers. There is chemotherapy using Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide, and Doxyrubicin to treat the lymphosarcoma. There is the use of ProCrit and Neupogen to try to increase the blood elements that begin to not be produced properly.
And, there is the use of prednisone to try to increase appetite, as well as
Ciproheptadine. In the case of our baby, Dumplin, we went through all this, and nothing stopped the onset.

We also used Forskolin to try to induce differentiation of the cancer cells, and Chinese and Western herbals, in the form of PetAlive, C-capsule care for cats with cancer. In the case of Dumplin, use of the PetAlive C-capsules seem to make him go down quicker, but there are plenty of anecdotal stories out there that this product worked wonders.

There is an old saying that if you keep on doing what you been doing,
you will keep on getting what you been getting. In the case of FeLV,
what we as a pet owning population have been getting, is a group of deceased loved ones / cats. So, there must be something that scientists and Vets are NOT doing (or conversely something they ARE doing) that is not working. I will say that it is possible that FeLV's effects may be mitigated, slowed, or affected by all the aforementioned approaches, algorithms, or protocols, but, what we need is a solution, not a temporary band aid over a festering wound.

I do want to add that one element of this whole treatment paradigm that is EXTREMELY important, is having a good Vet, who is willing to go the extra mile, who actually cares for your pet, and who is open to trying experimental approaches, but approaches with some firm scientific backing as to trials and experiments. We were very, very lucky to have a very, very wonderful doctor, a great Vet named Dr. Michael Maris, DVM
of the Shelley Drive Animal Clinic in Tyler Texas. I cannot thank this wonderful doctor enough, and recommend him extremely highly to anyone with a pet who needs care in the East Texas area.

This page will be updated as more information comes available.
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