? Panzer 07-03 Switching back to prozinc/AMPS 286/308@+4/248@+8/PMPS 231/253@+4/226@+6/229@+7/198@+8

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I'll be curious what the others have to say but I would consider dropping the dose back a bit. Remember, Lantus is a depot insulin and it will take several days for the depot to be depleted.
 
Chrispooky12 said:
Panzer has only had a few good cycles since 5-18 on Lantus. I've went from 0.5 units to 2units since April 30th when he started on Lantus. I want to switch him back to prozinc starting tomorrow. Should the starting dose be what it is now on Lantus? @FrostD @Suzanne & Darcy @Diane Tyler's Mom https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...ose-increase-food-switch.264440/#post-2962696
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@FrostD any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. I was thinking maybe start at 1 unit?
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
I personally hate to see you switch back to ProZinc - at least just yet, but I was interested in hearing Melissa’s thoughts on this.
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Yes I was interested in what her thoughts were too. I will stick with Lantus until I get her thoughts. His shot is in a little over 3hrs & I don't think she was on for very long today/ yesterday it's almost 1am here. Shot time is 4am.
 
Sorry I missed this. Why do you want to switch back?

I suspect his numbers are due to whatever underlying issues he has going on, not the insulin as he did well on Lantus for a while before.

Truthfully I've never had anyone switch back. I would do something like 0.5-1U the first few cycles, but definitely monitor closely.
 
FrostD said:
Sorry I missed this. Why do you want to switch back?

I suspect his numbers are due to whatever underlying issues he has going on, not the insulin as he did well on Lantus for a while before.

Truthfully I've never had anyone switch back. I would do something like 0.5-1U the first few cycles, but definitely monitor closely.
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Your fine. Well I don't believe he has an underlying condition anymore. He is on day 3 of no mirataz on his ear & day 7 of no cerenia. He has cleaned his food bowl every feeding except when I snuck some psyllium husk in on him, then I had to put fortiflora on his food.I ordered size 5 empty capsules to put the psyllium husk in. Other than him having constipation issues off & on he's doing great with the exception of high BG #s. I will give Lantus until Friday. Friday night I will start with 0.5 units of prozinc. I will be able to monitor 5 cycles then, unless for some reason his #s start to come down before then. I guess I will be the first to switch back:cat:
 
Also, if going back to ProZinc, to clarify - I don't think 0.5-1U will be the dose you need. I'm just suggesting it as a starting point while Lantus depot drains. As it drains can probably increase every few days depending on numbers.
 
FrostD said:
Also, if going back to ProZinc, to clarify - I don't think 0.5-1U will be the dose you need. I'm just suggesting it as a starting point while Lantus depot drains. As it drains can probably increase every few days depending on numbers.
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Ok how long do you think it takes the lantus depot to drain?
 
Chrispooky12 said:
Your fine. Well I don't believe he has an underlying condition anymore. He is on day 3 of no mirataz on his ear & day 7 of no cerenia. He has cleaned his food bowl every feeding except when I snuck some psyllium husk in on him, then I had to put fortiflora on his food.I ordered size 5 empty capsules to put the psyllium husk in. Other than him having constipation issues off & on he's doing great with the exception of high BG #s. I will give Lantus until Friday. Friday night I will start with 0.5 units of prozinc. I will be able to monitor 5 cycles then, unless for some reason his #s start to come down before then. I guess I will be the first to switch back:cat:
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Size 5 capsules are very tiny but hopefully he will then be able to eat them in a pill pocket.
 
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