10/15 Pepper AMPS 574, +7 85, PMPS 298

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At what point in the cycle does Pepper get meals? Just wondering if there's any way to slow down those fast drops. He dropped a lot and quickly today, which of course will cause another bounce. :roll:
 
Hi Wendy. Pepper eats a lot. He eats at AMPS, sometimes +1 or +2, always at +3, +5, +6, sometimes at +7. Today I was super busy and I can't remember if he ate between AMPS and +3, but he wasn't very hungry this morning and I don't think he ate as much as usual. He never used to drop this quickly!
 
It's a depot insulin but it typically doesn't onset until +4 and nadirs +8 to +12 depending on the cat. Is known for its nice duration. It doesn't sting like Lantus might at high doses. It does take some getting used to the different cycles and some cats still do impressive bouncing on it but many settle down.
 
The biggest thing for me on the switch is feeling like a newbie again and not understanding or being able to guess where Neko might go. On Lantus, I could get a +4 at night (before bed) and pretty much know if I had to get up again to test or not and would get some sleep some nights. Now, not so much. So, there is a learning curve again. I really want to be able to get to that point where I can say "it's safe to go to sleep". I'm not there yet, so be prepared to test a bit more for a while.

Neko's Lev cycles are almost timed like Lantus with a two hour lag. However, it's not so much a nice C shaped curve anymore. On Lantus, once Neko was headed up, she kept going up. And Neko still bounces during the day and drops at night. That part of her hasn't changed a bit.

Neko was never bothered by any sting at higher doses of Lantus, so no change there going to Lev for us. And lastly, you start Lev on 70% of your old dose, then have to go back up again. That only took a week for us, might take longer for you - or not.
 
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