? Over 2x the recommended dosage of Prozinc?

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My cat is 11 pounds. From reading the directions of Prozinc.... .3 units per a pound.... he should be getting 3.3 units IF he had a U-40 syringe.

I am using U-100 syringes. Right now, he is up to 14 units from a U-100 syringe. I home test. He stays in the 400's. Reading the conversion chart, that would be 6.8 units of Prozinc. That 2x times the recommended dosage. I am reading the conversion correctly?
 
If you are measuring 14 units on a U-100 syringe, it is 14 * 0.4 on U-40 or 5.6 units of a U-40 insulin, as it is 40% of the concentration of a U-100 insulin.
If he isn't going below 50 mg/dL on a human meter at his nadir, and the Secondary Monitoring Tools in my signature all look good for him (food and water intake and output are acceptable, no dehydration, behavior is like before diabetes and not concerning), then that may be a decent dose for him.
 
How fast did you arrive at this dose? Sometimes, if the dose starts above one unit (or even at one unit) and is raised fairly rapidly and by more than .5 at a time, it can be too much insulin. Sometimes too much can look like too little. There are also high dose conditions that require more insulin than is usual.

Some of the links don't work but there is good info here:

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...-other-high-dose-conditions-what-we-know.375/

It would be difficult (and dangerous) for us to give any kind of specific dosing advice without some history of doses and levels.
 
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