I had to give my kitty micro doses.
Hi!
There's a few ways to do it, some use calipers to measure. I counted drops. I filled a used syringe with water and carefully counted how many drops was in .5u so for .0.25u I released half the drops and so forth.
I suppose you also need to make sure that every drop is equal in size...I remember reading about your method some months ago. That's sounds hard
I would love it if someone who uses calipers could reply here as well, even with a picture demonstrating how it's done, if it's possible.
I suspect I might be close to these dosages in my (and Sibon's) near future.
I have had to give microdoses as well. At the end of the day, it's just trying to eyeball and then be consistent about it. However, just looking around, I did find some helpful information in the Syringe & Insulin Info: Handling, Drawing, & Fine Doses sticky in the Lantus forum. I don't use Lantus, but it's still great information. I copied and pasted the fine dose instructions below.
Fine dose gradations:
Pictorial guide using a U-100 syringe marked with half units:
- 0.5U = exactly half a unit
- 0.4U = skinny 0.5 touching the line
- 0.3U = skinny 0.5 with daylight under the line
- 0.2U = fat zero with daylight over the line
- 0.1U = fat zero barely touching the line
Yes, the line indicates the markings on the syringe. You would go to the marking that is closest to what you're trying to give (say 0.5U), and then adjust the plunger accordingly. So 0.4U would be right under the 0.5 mark, but still touching underneath the 0.5 line. Now the daylight phrase is just an easy way to indicate seeing a space or "light" just under or over a marking. For the 0.3 dose, you would move the plunger under the 0.5 line until you just see a space ("light") between the plunger and the 0.5 mark. I hope this helps.
