Gave Shot One Hour Later Than Usual

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I messed up tonight. I did not see it was 10 pm and I usually give Smudge his shot right after testing and 9 pm feeding. I have moved to one unit also. I want to get him back to 9 am testings What should I do? Will this be a problem????? :cry:
I gave it at 10 in case I was not clear in my message.
 
I don't think it's a problem at all. I think you could go right back to 9 am in the morning. To put your mind at ease, what you can do is test him at 8, then again at 9. If the number is about the same, or rising at 9 am, then I think giving the shot then is okay.

Just an FYI for anyone using Prozinc. The maker of the insulin, on their website, says that the duration is "between 10 and 14 hours". We say "12 hours" because that's right in the middle of its advertised duration range. You definitely have a bit of leeway in terms of how far apart the shots can be. A good way to tell if the insulin is wearing off is to test an hour or so before the normal shot time, and then again at shot time. If it's rising, and no food has been eaten in the past couple of hours, it's rising because the previous dose is wearing off. As long as the preshot number is a number that you feel comfortable giving a shot on, then it should be okay to give the shot.
 
Are you using U-100 syringes with a conversion chart?

They allow you to tweak the dose by 0.2 units of ProZinc at a time. That makes it easy to slightly reduce or increase a dose when you have data showing it will work OK for your cat.
 
Try our SHOP link above and go to American Diabetes Wholesale, or to WalMart.
Unless your state requires a prescription to get syringes, you should be able to get them there.
Don't mention the conversion chart at a pharmacy; they'll argue with you.

You want
U-100 insulin syringes
3/10 cc (3/10 mL) volume
30 or 31 gauge (higher number is thinner; I find thinner bends on me)
short or long needle (I like short - less likely to bend on me, and less likely to poke all the way through)
with half unit markings You may need to look at them or ask customer service if online
 
I'll share my experience. On my days off, Ben is on a 12/12 schedule. But when I work, he ends up 11/13 and he is doing ok. He might be a little higher after that +13. That's one of the reasons that ProZinc works for us.
 
Smudges numbers today are very different. Lower. I found 2 100 syringes new left over from maybe him form last year. I will have to find out who to translate the amounts. They say "one shot" or "one time' on them though and I only have two. Pretty sure I have to have a prescription here to get them though. Not sure how much Prozinc he should have tonight. Won't be able to tell I guess til 9 pm and even then I don't know what the heck I am doing.
 
To adjust the markings on a U-100 syringe for a U-40 insulin, you multiply by 0.4.
Short version: every 0.5 unit marking measures 0.2 units of U-40.

Conversion table with the math:
0.4 * U-100 syringe marking = U-40 dose
0.4 * 0.5 U-100 syringe mark = 0.2 units of U-40
0.4 * 1.0 U-100 syringe mark = 0.4
0.4 * 1.5 U-100 syringe mark = 0.6
0.4 * 2.0 U-100 syringe mark = 0.8
0.4 * 2.5 U-100 syringe mark = 1.0
0.4 * 3.0 U-100 syringe mark = 1.2
0.4 * 3.5 U-100 syringe mark = 1.4
0.4 * 4.0 U-100 syringe mark = 1.6
0.4 * 4.5 U-100 syringe mark = 1.8
0.4 * 5.0 U-100 syringe mark = 2.0
 
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