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Lisa and Witn (GA)

Lisa and Witn (GA)

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Bandit had his check with my vet today. He passed with flying colors. :cat: :cat: :cat:

The vet said that when she looked at the records and saw that he was on 5 units of Vetsulin, she thought that she would be seeing a cat in poor health condition. Quite the opposite. He is a healthy weight and his coat looks great. Beverly did a great job caring for him. :)

I am very fortunate to have such a great vet. I thought that I would need to have a senior panel and fructosomine done, but she said no, she did not think it was needed right now because how well he looks. I asked for a prescription written out for insulin glargine so I can try the Lantus coupon, but if that doesn't work, I can get Semglee from Walgreens at a great price. Better than even ordering Lantus from Canada. All she asked was do I want it for a vial or pens. Since I am also removing his dry food from his diet, we agreed to start at one unit. Also, because I am home testing, she said to do a curve in about 10 days and send the info to her.

The last time I had a diabetic cat I was going to another clinic. They were fantastic also and the only reason I changed was to have all of my pets using the same clinic that was closer. So, Dr. November has never worked with me caring for a diabetic cat. So to have her respond this way - I am in heaven. :D
 
Sounds good. A single pen only had 3 ml in it. Bottle has 10 ml in it. A box of 5 pens has a total 15 ml. So ask how many pens you will be getting for the price at Walgreens.
 
Larry and Kitties said:
Where I am located and w/GoodRx coupon, Semglee from Harris Teeter is less expensive than from Walgreens.
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If I realized how much of a royal pain trying to fill the prescription at Walgreens would be, I would have gone someplace else. Unfortunately the closest Harris Teeter is about 40 miles away
 
Vetsulin at 5 units down to 1 unit of Lantus is quite the drop. In spite of the food change. Neko was at 5 units Caninsulin when I started Lantus at 1 unit, and a food change. Took me months to get her back to where she should be. If you aren't seeing anything below 300 in three days, I'd consider fast tracking the dose.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Vetsulin at 5 units down to 1 unit of Lantus is quite the drop. In spite of the food change. Neko was at 5 units Caninsulin when I started Lantus at 1 unit, and a food change. Took me months to get her back to where she should be. If you aren't seeing anything below 300 in three days, I'd consider fast tracking the dose.
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I realize that is a huge drop, but he was also eating dry food. The only thing that may have prevented a hypo when he was on 5 units was the dry food.

Last night I gave him only one unit and he became hypoglycemic. There is another thread I started about it.
 
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