Any advice to this Newbie re. glipizide greatly appreciated!

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Re. teeth brushing - I've read it's not recommended for stomatitis. My vet recommended C.E.T. dental chews, but they have glycerin, so I use Pro-den, an enzyme made from aspergillus niger, which is the active ingredient in the dental chews. It seems the biotene oral gel is excellent for stomatitis, but it also has glycerin, so I'm reluctant to use it. But - if I can't get that under control, I guess I won't get the FD controlled either.

Re. the insulin, I read some old posts on the Board. & prozinc can have floaters - it may be it was in the solution & I never saw it. I tested Tigger in the PM & it didn't seem to make a huge difference - he's still in the band of mid 200's to mid 300's, but at least he was under 300.

But - Tigger seemed to do better on the glipizide, so maybe it is still a dosing issue.

I'd like to do a phone consult with Dr. Lisa Pierson re. the steroid & stomatitis, but I read she charges $200, more than I can afford now. I think its better to put that money into dental x-rays.

Thanks again for all your help, I do appreciate it.
 
Re: Any advice to this Newbie re. glipizide greatly apprecia

Are you posting over on the Insulin Support Group PZI forum? It looks to me like you might need another dose increase. Folks there should be able to advise you if you ask.
 
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EASE AND QUICK WAY TO USE A TEST STRIP that I read about recently:
Buy some aquarium rock/stone; wash them thoroughly first. Let them dry; line a smaller litter pan with the stones. Smaller stones are probably easier for the cat to stand on.
After Kitty urinates in the pan, tip it on its corner to get enough urine for testing, or else put some in a small vial for testing. The rocks will not absorb the urine.
Rinse the stones again, and let dry for your next test time.
 
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I REALLY NEED HELP WITH MY DB CAT BEING TREATED BY DIET ALONE:
My 13 year old sweet tabby cat, Sam, was diagnosed with diabetes in April 2013. He presently with glutenous eating and drinking, and very increased urine output. His blood sugar was 340.
He has had enough trauma in his life that going to the vet without being sedated is not possible. I previously had a cat on insulin who died from insulin shock. It was a terrible experience for all of us! This was another reason to try and treat Sam without insulin.
I changed his diet to low carb canned food, with 1/3 cup of Blue Wilderness Holistic No Grain dry food per day to supplement him, and my other male cat who is 11, at nighttime.
I feed them both canned food atleast 3 times per day, with water mixed in. They both look forward to feeding times now. I also give Sam an OTC holistic feline DB liquid called Dia-ionx, 1/4 tsp. 3x daily.
His eating and drinking excess improved immediately with a change in diet. How much the OTC med helps, I do not really know. Recently, however, Sam has started getting weaker and of course I am even more concerned now.
I have no one to get advice from where I live, so I am hoping you can help with opinions you might have, as well as other readers. Or advice as to where on this site I should list my questions.
A Cat-Lover from the age of Nine! (when I got my first kitten from my mother)
 
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