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catluvr
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I am an animal person if ever there was one! Kitkat was a stray that adopted us! We have had him about 5 years now. About a month or two ago Kitkat was acting unhappy and eating and drinking like mad! Huge clumps of urine in the litterbox! He started to look funny because he was losing weight and muscle mass in his hips. But all he wanted to do was eat. I took him to vet and they did a blood test and urine test to see what was up. We started out with the Humilin N and it is not working. Now they want us to try Lantus. So I am reading up on where to get it at a good price. Looks like Canada. If we cannot afford it we will have to euthanize him, which would devastate me. He is my soul kitty! I'm pretty frustrated at all of this! This MB is so awesome though!
BJM
Member Since 2010
Since you are already using insulin, please learn to hometest the blood glucose asap to keep him safe. You'll need an inexpensive human glucometer, such as the WalMart ReliOn Confirm or Confirm Micro, matching test strips, and lancets for alternate site testing (26-28 gauge)
Another insulin is ProZinc, which runs roughly $120 per 10ml vial which contains 400 units. It has 40 units per milliliter (mL), so it is a U-40 insulin. It works similarly to N, but lasts closer to 12 hours.
Compare insulin costs on a per unit basis, not volume.
If you get Lantus, get the pens *5 * 3 mL), not the vial (10 mL). This will let you use most of the insulin without waste. You will use a syringe, not the pen needles, to get the insulin out of the pen. Lantus has 100 units per mL, so it is a u-100 insulin.
Another insulin is ProZinc, which runs roughly $120 per 10ml vial which contains 400 units. It has 40 units per milliliter (mL), so it is a U-40 insulin. It works similarly to N, but lasts closer to 12 hours.
Compare insulin costs on a per unit basis, not volume.
If you get Lantus, get the pens *5 * 3 mL), not the vial (10 mL). This will let you use most of the insulin without waste. You will use a syringe, not the pen needles, to get the insulin out of the pen. Lantus has 100 units per mL, so it is a u-100 insulin.
BJM
Member Since 2010
Would you give a child insulin, not knowing if it were safe?
Drive with a bag over your head?
Exactly.
Test before you give insulin.
The lowest glucose post-shot is called the nadir. That is used to guide dose adjustments per the specific insulin's protocol.
See my signature link Glucometer Notes for some feline-specific reference ranges.
Drive with a bag over your head?
Exactly.
Test before you give insulin.
The lowest glucose post-shot is called the nadir. That is used to guide dose adjustments per the specific insulin's protocol.
See my signature link Glucometer Notes for some feline-specific reference ranges.
We dose kitties in increments/decrements as small as .25 units. The pen needles only work for whole unit amounts, so we use the syringe to withdraw and measure the insulin. Since most people here use human meters, our protocols and methods to figure out the doses use results from human meters.
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