New member starting Lantus tomorrow, last-minute question

[MyBeau💚]

Beau's previous thread

Beau is going to start Lantus tomorrow morning. His BG was 223 when last tested this morning, so the doctor would like to start Beau on just 1 unit, 1x a day. However, I've been reading about Lantus and I understand that it should be given 2x a day because it's much faster-acting in cats than humans.

Should I still plan to give him just 1 unit in the morning/all day? Or should I give him .5 and the other .5 12+ hours later? Does it depend on what his testing numbers are? I'm so stressed, I have been preparing for days to start his insulin treatment and finally felt ready until about an hour ago when I stumbled across this fact about Lantus.

 

[Morna & Hester Sue]

I see no one has responded yet, and I am not the person to give advice, as i am new here myself.

If you edit your post title to include the question mark at the beginning, it's under the drop down arrow, maybe someone will notice. You could also tag one of the experienced members who responded to you earlier. I think you do that my putting an @ sign then their name,

Good luck.