? dosing advise... should I increase magellan's insulin??
- Thread starter Julia Rae
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I would have suggested an increase to 0.25u. That would have been more than doubling your previous dose. In addition, if a reduction doesn't hold, you increase to the last good dose.
Given that Magellan is a long term diabetic, you use below 40 as your reduction point. Alternatively, if he drops below 50 on 3 separate cycles, you can also reduce. I may have missed if your kitty met either of those criteria when you reduced the dose last week.
You may also want to consider evaluating Magellan's dose every 6 cycles. It looks to me like you're holding the doses for longer than is really necessary. It's often more difficult to get a cat into remission a second time. You may need to stick to the TR guidelines more closely to get the numbers back down.
Given that Magellan is a long term diabetic, you use below 40 as your reduction point. Alternatively, if he drops below 50 on 3 separate cycles, you can also reduce. I may have missed if your kitty met either of those criteria when you reduced the dose last week.
You may also want to consider evaluating Magellan's dose every 6 cycles. It looks to me like you're holding the doses for longer than is really necessary. It's often more difficult to get a cat into remission a second time. You may need to stick to the TR guidelines more closely to get the numbers back down.
Julia Rae
Member Since 2015
Yes, I understand, I instead went to a 1/2 unit I planed to leave snacks out for him and his clowder. That and shifting my own meds around so that I stay up later to get those all important tests. Planning on getting cat naps between testing and with Jim assisting as he can. That way we can get at least 5-6 tests in a day fingers crossed, at the very least the mid dose ones.