Eosinophilic granuloma: homeopathy

I just found an interesting article I'd like to share with the EGC cat community. Please let me know what you think of this article and especially if you've heard of any others successfully using these methods. Thanks!
http://www.omeopatia.org/upload/Imag...ori/CGE%20.pdf

UPDATE: I e-mailed the vet who wrote the article (in Israel)! We'll see if he answers me...

IMHO the study was too small .... but promising ...

I would print that off and take it to your vet .... I use homeopathy for me but realize here in the US it is not nearly as widely accepted as in EU or Asia

Yes, that was my first thought, too. I'm currently scouring through all the homeopathic veterinarian sites to see if I can find any additional info. about this.

Dr. Aboutboul (the vet who published the original article) DID respond to my e-mail. For anyone interested he maintains that he gets about an 80% cure rate using homeopathic treatments (such as Lachesis) with EGC. To be honest, I've always preferred other types of alternative medicine over homeopathy, but I plan to continue researching this and probably giving it a go. I'll keep everyone posted if I have any success.

koffeewitch said:

Dr. Aboutboul (the vet who published the original article) DID respond to my e-mail. For anyone interested he maintains that he gets about an 80% cure rate using homeopathic treatments (such as Lachesis) with EGC. To be honest, I've always preferred other types of alternative medicine over homeopathy, but I plan to continue researching this and probably giving it a go. I'll keep everyone posted if I have any success.

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@koffeewitch  : It has been a long time since this post but I was curious if you had any luck with homeopathic medicines in cats. Please share your experience.

We did have some success; however, we used the homeopathy along with changes in diet so I can't tell you for certain what was responsible for our kitty's improvements.  He had really bad granuloma....multiple forms of it at once.  What I regret is that our vet put him on an immune-suppressing medication for a while.  During and after that period we had terrible problems with him picking up ringworm and other infections.  I'm one of those people who likes to use nutrition and lifestyle changes first to get at the root of a problem and only going to pharma meds if there is no other option.  

If you're interested, I think the vet who wrote the original paper is on FB.  She was atleast kind enough to answer my queries into her research; you might think about contacting her.

koffeewitch said:

 
We did have some success; however, we used the homeopathy along with changes in diet so I can't tell you for certain what was responsible for our kitty's improvements.  He had really bad granuloma....multiple forms of it at once.  What I regret is that our vet put him on an immune-suppressing medication for a while.  During and after that period we had terrible problems with him picking up ringworm and other infections.  I'm one of those people who likes to use nutrition and lifestyle changes first to get at the root of a problem and only going to pharma meds if there is no other option.  

If you're interested, I think the vet who wrote the original paper is on FB.  She was atleast kind enough to answer my queries into her research; you might think about contacting her.

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Thank you @koffeewitch  for your response. I am interested so kindly share the link if you can. I'm not sure though where there are homeopathy vets in Houston, TX. Recently he has been having some problems and I think the medications are responsible for some of them (like Cortizone shots). Mowgli has weird behavioral problem as well which I'm hoping will be helped by Homeopathy.

I agree with you regarding using nutrition for solving problems. However, my cat is a super picky eater. I had him since he was 5 weeks old and initially I used to give him only holistic food (mainly Wellness). But then as he grew a little older (less than a year) his pickiness started and he wouldn't eat wellness at all or any good food. I tried all the holistic, grain free brands and even raw food but in vain. Only food that I finally found him liking is Proplan wet food (although it isn't premium quality, that is what he eats properly). That too, he wants different flavor everyday. He'll eat beef for a short time and then want white meat and then salmon or else he'll just not eat it and I have to dump most of the food down the disposal. I also give him dry food, different varieties according to what he chooses.

We have another younger cat (Minnie is 1 year old and Mowgli is 3) and she is a total sweetheart. We got her from the shelter and may be that's why she is so much better behaved. She eats only dry food though and only licks wet food but she isn't a picky eater otherwise. I had started making boiled chicken for her with eggs in them which she ate only a few times. She didn't want it anymore when I made it the next time. Mowgli doesn't like homemade chicken (or anything that is "healthy" for him).

I would really appreciate any inputs on what kind of good food you would recommend. Thanks a lot for your advice.