Newly diagnosed

[bgenick]

In early March my cats fructosamine was in the upper range of normal. Two weeks ago blood chemistry showed his BG 418 and he was diagnosed as diabetic. He started one unit lantus twice daily tuesday morning. This is thursday morning so he has just had dose 5.
He is wearing a libre sensor. So far he has almost no values below 400. Vet says improvement may take a few days. Does this seem right?

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

Your vet is correct. Lantus is a depot type of insulin. It takes 5 - 7 days for the depot to form and stabilize so you may not see much of a change before that time. In addition, until you know how your kitty is responding, you don't know if 1.0u is a "good" dose. You may want to take a look at the sticky notes at the top of the Lantus board. They contain information on how Lantus works, how we approach dosing, and other information you may find helpful.

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