Kit's Lantus: how to tell if its toast..

[LILandKIT]

Hi guys,

So I've been thinking. Since we got a vial of Lantus when we started Kit off on Christmas weekend, it's bordering on being 3 mths old now. It's been stored in the fridge, but I'm not going to lie, it hasn't been handled absolutely perfectly since at the beginning we were squirting insulin back in (vet said to do so if we pulled too much or we had air bubbles and needed to start over again). So I knew that it would be going bad at some point soon. My problem is that I was kinda relying on his numbers to be wacko if it did lose it potency. I'm wondering, what if his numbers are actually this good and the insulin isn't working (it's just him kinda deal)....or maybe it is still good, going on 3 months now...what would be the best way to find out?

 

[MommaOfMuse]

The easiest way I would think to figure out if he is OTJ or if the insulin is still working is to take him off insulin for a couple of days and see if he goes back up...Normally if the insulin is toast and they are insulin dependent you will see his numbers going back up.

On as small of a dose as he is on if you take him off and see his numbers going back up into diabetic numbers again then you can always start him back on if at his current dose and still have a very small shed to refill. Which his beautiful numbers at preshots I think I would be looking at putting him on an OTJ trial before investing the $$ on a new Lantus. The worst that can happen is that he fails the OTJ trial and you have to start him back on insulin again.

I took Maxwell off insulin long before he was staying green all the time..lol

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang

 

[LILandKIT]

I was thinking that, but I think I needed some reassurance that it was a good idea before doing it. Thanks! I think I'll try it this week since I'm home and can get some mid-cycle tests in....