SWITCHING TO GLARGINE - DOSAGE

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Switching to Glargine - doseage
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  1. Bedina
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    Hello there -

    I hope you're having a nice weekend!

    I'm a bit nervous about transitioning to Glargine from Vetsulin, as well as to what dosage to go for. I think I've landed on .25 to start as her numbers keep dropping, but I also only have about a week's worth of data to go on.

    If you have a moment, would you mind looking at her spreadsheet and giving me your thoughts? Absolutely no worries if you don't.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...7rBkiLfuEhis5aERVymcanlSU/edit#gid=1182885903

    Part of me is worried about changing something that seems to be working, but at the same time, I know Lantus is now considered the standard and has the better chance of remission.

    Thank you!

    Alpha Trak2 - spreadsheet.
    Bedina, Today at 4:44 PMRepor
 
Typically we look at the dose of the current dose when switching and see how it's doing. Unfortunately there's been a lot of switching doses so it's hard to tell, but I might start with 0.5 units because it wasn't taking your cat too low. For a cat that would be new to Lantus on SLGS, that would be what they'd start with as well.
 
Thanks Diane - I noticed that you had switched Tyler at one point.

And thanks Wendy. I have been switching as the vet started me at what I think was too high of a dose. I had been leaning toward attempting to start at .25U, but I'm concerned about my ability to draw that small of a dose.

I need to stop fretting and get on with it. This am is our first dose.

Thank you all.

EDIT: First injection finished at a skinny .5 (~.4). Off to edit my spreadsheet.

I realized after the fact that these syringes aren't the smoothest. A friend passed them on from her last diabetic kitty. I believe these are likely 4-5 years old. I didn't realized that syringes expired. I believe Bron linked to the ReliOn syringes at Walmart; will go in today for those.
 
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I realized after the fact that these syringes aren't the smoothest. A friend passed them on from her last diabetic kitty. I believe these are likely 4-5 years old. I didn't realized that syringes expired. I believe Bron linked to the ReliOn syringes at Walmart; will go in today for those.
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If Walmart is out of stock you can order these , I see a lot of members like them, but you may need your vet to send over a script for them. Just call ADW and they will contact your vet. They are very nice to deal with, just give you vet a heads up and ask for refills , then you can go on their site or call them and get them
https://www.adwdiabetes.com/product/1316/surecomfort-u100-syringes-half-unit-31g-3-10cc-5-16in-100ct
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+10 at 191 on an AT2. I imagined a worst case scenario this morning where her BG would skyrocket through out the day and that clearly hasn't happened.

For the 87th time this week, thank you all.
 
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