? 6/23 Marvin Day 1 on cabergoline

[Marvin's Mom - Nat]

Hello All,

Picked up Marvin's new meds today. The compound Pharmacist was really nice, wanted to know more about how I found out about a research in the UK, for this. He also was curious about that other expensive drug that works, so going to send him the name. I was surprised they prepared each dose in a syringe, so I didn't have to do it. nice, he did mis quote the meds, but gave it to me at the lower price this time, 20.00 difference, so not a big deal especially since the doses are pre-filled in syringes. You should have seen Marvin's reaction when I feed him the first dose, it was so funny, surprise shake head, shake head, lick lips "what the ^&* did she sqirt in my mouth".

I skipped his morning shot, I forgot the alarm this morning. Good thing it's a long weekend here. It would have been almost 4 hours later. What is the right thing to do in these situation? As I wouldn't have been able to go back to his normal schedule slowly enough.

I was also curious, cause I notice on some peoples SS that there are two dose number (35, 5R). Assuming this is a mix of long acting and fast acting insulin. Didn't realize you could do that. How does that work?, should I be investigating that? Saw on @Bronx's dad and I think on @Wendy&Neko SS

 

[Adrian and Chino]

R = regular insulin, used sometimes with high dose cats, but in the beginning, you have to be able to test hourly for the first 4 hours or so, and need someone with experience to guide you.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Good luck with the cabergoline. The other drug is paseriotide, or Signifor, preferably the LAR or long acting version that is an once a month dose. When I investigated two years ago, it had been approved for use i Canada, but just recently and my vet could not find out how to get it.

I am in Portland racing today, so an R discussion will have to wait until I get back next week.

If you are four hours late, just skip and continue next cycle.

 

[Marvin's Mom - Nat]

R = regular insulin, used sometimes with high dose cats, but in the beginning, you have to be able to test hourly for the first 4 hours or so, and need someone with experience to guide you.

thanks, I guess the best time to test it out would be when I am on vacation. Will wait a bit just in case this trail drug, does help.

 

[Bronx's dad (GA)]

R is a good tool to have to drop BG to a # the Lantus/Lev can "grab onto". Must be started in very, very small doses since some cats can drop too low on a tiny bit, even high dose kitties. And you don't want R and Lev nadirs to overlap. But too much R will cause too large of a drop resulting in bad bounces causing using more R which is not a good cycle to be in. I learned the hard way.

Good luck with the Cabergoline & keep us updated. I am very interested in seeing how Marvin does on it. Do you know the dosage you started with?