Around 17lbs last I checked.
I suppose that's really up to you and your vet. Like Wendy mentioned RVC found 5mcg/kg to be less effective, but the south American study did use it.
I don't know if this has already been answered, but I got five pens of Levemir from Mark's Marine Pharmacy for $160. I still have several unopened pens, would you like to have them or have you already ordered some? They don't expire until July 2022, so that could give you a chance to try it before buying more. They have been stored under very good conditions in the refrigerator all the time (at about 40 degrees Fahrenheit).
Yes. My Cabergoline was compounded by Wedgewood Pharmacy. The strength was 200 micrograms per mL. He received .4 mL daily, so he was getting 80 micrograms per day.
I had mine compounded into a fish flavored liquid. It was such a tiny amount .4 mL that I just squirted it into Darcy's mouth in the morning. I had no problem doing this. I followed it up with a treat.
Do not order compounded medication from Chewy. One of our members here had some thyroid medication compounded by Chewy's pharmacy and the medication was worthless and the cat's thyroid levels skyrocketed! Jade (the cat) was really hurt by this. After a vet visit confirmed the skyrocketing thyroid values, Jill (the member) had the medication compounded by Wedgewood Pharmacy. The new medication is working very well and after one month Jade's thyroid levels are back to where they should be and she's feeling much better. I just wanted to warn you about having medication compounded by Chewy. I use Chewy for getting regular medication because it's less expensive, but I would not used them for compounding because of Jill's experience.
At this strength -- which is kind of weak... you are going to have to give a much greater volume of liquid in an oral syringe to your cat. My cat was large, like yours, so my vet requested that the Cabergoline be compounded at a strength of 200 mcg/mL per my earlier post. .4 mL was 80 mcg (which is close to what your cat needs as well, I believe.) As I recall, I paid between $120 and $140 for it from Wedgewood. Oh, and it was for a 60 mL bottle.
Dang, I already ordered some from Marks or I might have took you up on that offer.
So wait, should I have them change that to 200mcg/kg strength then? Is that what everyone else does on here?
"200mcg/kg strength" is not a "strength". An "X"mcg/kg would be a dose. A standard dose is 10mcg/kg of body weight once a day. A strength or concentration of the med is in mcg/ml.
But I am going the route where I mix it in his food, so does it matter then what the concentration is then?I would go for the one where I only have to give him .35 mL. It’s a small bit of liquid. But, of course it’s going to cost you one hundred more dollars
I don’t know. It depends upon his tolerance for having stuff mixed in his food? Will he eat it? ALL of it (lick the plate clean?). With the more concentrated stuff, it would be less yucky stuff mixed in the food. Sure, they flavor it, but I obviously never tasted the stuff so I don’t know what it REALLY tastes like.
No idea, I guess we'll find out soon. I hope to God he'll just eat it mixed in with his food.
Oof, thanks for the offer. That was my fault for not accepting it earlier.
So you settled on 5mcg/kg EOD regarding the bold sentence above? That was your recipe for success? Any details on the steps you took would be appreciated.
...I reuse them. Pretty much til the dosing lines wear off from washing....it's only in that syringe like 30 seconds with the way I do it so I'm not too worried about the plastic or rubber
10 days - my SS in July 2021 documents everything
It's in customs at Los Angeles. All food related stuff and medicines ordered from Canada is being routed there. So it could be another 10 days
He's occasionally dry heaving now again, presumably due to hairballs due to the weather finally warming up and him shedding. But the occasional dry heaving, along with the lethargy, were two symptoms that were happening before he was even diagnosed with diabetes, in fact those were two of the big reasons that led us to bring him into the vet initially. So there's no way to know if the Cabergoline is causing it or not.
What should it say? That's what the vet said to do and what you also mentioned here.
Baxter (my cat) has had increasing high blood glucose despite increasing doses of Prozinc
37 mL can’t be right as that would mean you were squirting 37 cc into his mouth (or in food) every day. That’s a LOT. I think the units are wrong. Mcg? How much do you draw out of the bottle with the syringe that fits into the bottle cap/stopper? What do the markings on the syringe say? Must be a units problem or a decimal point that’s missing.
Thank you again for raising this. I have been concerned about this but I'm at home all day with Baxter and the vets is ten minutes drive away. I've discussed this with the vet more than once and he feels it is stressful to home test. I'm monitoring the situation including water intake. If it goes below 500mls for 2 days running we will go to the vets.
Oh I see, my bad. I meant 0.37ml
Phew! I thought there must be a missing decimal.
Good thing for Mister! How's he doing on the Cab?
I wish all the very best for you and Baxter (would love to see a photo of your sweetie.) My boy, Darcy, did not get stressed from home BG testing. He absolutely loved his routine and would hop up onto the barstool where I would test him and give him treats. A lot of the time, he would go there in advance to wait for me! He loved his Pure Bites and other low-carb meat treats that he got when I tested his BG. I think the first week when I was learning to test he might have thought I was a little weird (I cried when I tried and failed to get blood -- but he was in high numbers then and I knew that I needed to learn how to test him if I was ever going to get him into safer numbers.) Learning to home test is the best thing I ever did for him -- and we bonded even more closely. I just don't think water consumption is necessarily a very reliable way to gauge blood glucose. Besides, you really want to get him out of the high numbers where he drinks excess water. The high numbers where a cat usually is drinking a lot of water are not healthy numbers for a cats to be in... it's not good for their organs. Also hypos can happen very fast, and brain damage can result quickly.
So far the Cab has had zero effect, but I've only dosed him three times so far. Other than I got super lucky that he actually likes the way it tastes when mixed in his food. His insulin resistance has never been worse than it is right now, although this trend happened just slightly before the cab.Phew! I thought there must be a missing decimal.
You’ve got the double whammy of IAA and Acro! That’s so rough. His tumor may be pulsing more growth hormone now
I hope things will improve soon!