About
the case study process:
1)You accept the terms listed herein and fill
out the Case Intake
Form.
2) We review all cases presented and
select the most suitable dogs. If
backlogged, we can only take those cases of
primary research interest. Generally, we
prefer end-stage animals with widespread cancer
metastasis -- the most difficult, near-dead, and
impossible cases that your vet would figure for a
gonner. Early stage cancer we give lower
priority. The vital organ cancers and systemic
ones are of stronger interest.
3) Within a couple days to a week, we'll get
back to you by email or phone and probably ask
more questions. If the center has
enough information to go by, we might crank
out a first prescription. Unless we have
contacted you, presume we're backlogged or
out of the office (it's a one-man show at this
point).
OPERATIONAL STATUS:
Dr. Quack
will usually keep his operational
status posted right here, but, if you don't
hear from him in a week, please
accept our apologies.
THE
LAB IS CLOSED
TO ALL BUT INVITED DOGS DUE TO EXTENSIVE SITE
TRAFFIC. OWNERS OF SICK DOGS ARE WELCOME TO
FILL OUT THE ANIMAL CASE INTAKE FORM AS AN
APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION. APOLOGIES FOR
NOT BEING ABLE TO TEND TO THEM ALL, BUT THIS
SITE CONTAINS AMPLE INFORMATION TO GUIDE YOUR
EFFORTS.
TREATMENT TIMEFRAMES
Generally, if working the quackery right,
it'll take about 1 month to significantly reverse
a chronic condition that has been present for 1
year. So, if your dog has presented symptoms of
cancer in the last year, figure a month on the
medicine before seeing any remission trend. If
the animal has suffered silently for 3 years
before diagnosis, figure about 3 months. We
tend to go in gentle at the start if there is no
hurry, so it takes about 2 weeks before medicinal
power builds up and you start to see a positive
change.
Within the first week or so,
you should start to see slight
improvement in the overall animal. Within the
first couple hours to days on the medicine, you
may see some aggravation of the condition if the
remedy was too stong. If that continues,
you'll back off on dosing and contact us.
In the first few doses, we only go one dose at
a time. Stop, wait, observe. We're looking for
any change, positive or negative in the animal.
Getting a feel for the medicine's impact and
duration.
After one to three test doses, we'll usually
determine a dosing schedule and methods more
fine-tuned to the animal. You'll keep that up
until observing no more positive reaction or a
leveling off in the remission trend. Sometimes,
we'll just stop and let the medicine fully run
its course. Then, we'll restart dosing again
at lesser or higher strength.
When in doubt, we always stop and refigure the
course. As time passes and the animal improves,
we do this much less frequently. Eventually,
you'd follow up maybe once per year while still
going to your regular vet.
Your cases become part of our archive -- some
of which goes on-line.
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