Prozic or Lantus

[Mycuddles]

My boy is on Novolin N and I have found a new vet who I believe is willing to change insulin. Which should I ask for? I'm usually good at being on schedule, but this morning I over overslept an hour ( forgot to turn on alarm). Right now I remove food 2.5 hours before pretest, test, feed and shot 1 hour after.
How would these insulins be different ? I plan on calling vet today to request a change, just want to know difference and to find one most suitable.

 

[SashaV]

None of those require food, like the fast types of insulin does.
Prozinc gives you a bit more wiggle room, in terms of timing. But Lantus gives a flat cycle, and builds a depot.

You could go to the Prozinc forum at read a bit about it, look at other people's spreadsheets. And do the same in lantus and levemir forum.

 

[Red & Rover (GA)]

Lantus you can order from Canada if you get a written prescription from your vet. It is much cheaper. A lot of people from the US use Marks.

• Ordering Lantus, Basaglar, or Levemir from Canadian pharmacies

I'm not in the US but if I remember correctly, Prozinc is cheapest here:
https://www.chewy.com/prozinc-insulin-u-40-dogs-cats/dp/173715

Important to know: Lantus uses U100 syringes (orange cap). Prozinc uses U40 syringes (red cap).

 

[FarmKitty]

Hey, I just switched Dixie over from ProZinc (8 months) to Lantus this week. Check out my spreadsheet, although keep in mind the ProZinc was an old bottle which, when combined with the low dose, would likely cause inconsistencies (but it still got her down to the greens!). I liked the ProZinc, but I ended up with the issue that a very small dose (0.25u) would drop her BG levels a lot, so I could never increase it in order to get lower preshot values. I took note of this, then made the switch to Lantus and now her BG values are very level and don't jump up anymore (fingers crossed!).

I don't know anything about your current insulin, Novolin N, but it looks like small doses were really dropping his BG levels down. I think Lantus would be a good one to try. See if it works, and you can always switch to ProZinc later if needed. I also think Lantus would be suitable because you already have experience with giving insulin and getting the whole schedule down. One of the reasons I liked ProZinc so much in the beginning was that it gave me more leeway in timing everything while I was learning the ropes. But once I got the hang of things with ProZinc, the switch to Lantus was trivial, and I think you may find the same.

Lantus is very popular here (check out how busy the Lantus forum is verses the ProZinc one), but you will get good support on either forum. My current vet recommended Lantus to patients for a decade, but has found a lot more success with ProZinc, so they switched over to it. It's really going to depend on how your cat reacts to the insulin, so you can't really go wrong with trying one or the other out for a few months and see how it goes.

 

[Mycuddles]

Hey, I just switched Dixie over from ProZinc (8 months) to Lantus this week. Check out my spreadsheet, although keep in mind the ProZinc was an old bottle which, when combined with the low dose, would likely cause inconsistencies (but it still got her down to the greens!). I liked the ProZinc, but I ended up with the issue that a very small dose (0.25u) would drop her BG levels a lot, so I could never increase it in order to get lower preshot values. I took note of this, then made the switch to Lantus and now her BG values are very level and don't jump up anymore (fingers crossed!).

I don't know anything about your current insulin, Novolin N, but it looks like small doses were really dropping his BG levels down. I think Lantus would be a good one to try. See if it works, and you can always switch to ProZinc later if needed. I also think Lantus would be suitable because you already have experience with giving insulin and getting the whole schedule down. One of the reasons I liked ProZinc so much in the beginning was that it gave me more leeway in timing everything while I was learning the ropes. But once I got the hang of things with ProZinc, the switch to Lantus was trivial, and I think you may find the same.

Lantus is very popular here (check out how busy the Lantus forum is verses the ProZinc one), but you will get good support on either forum. My current vet recommended Lantus to patients for a decade, but has found a lot more success with ProZinc, so they switched over to it. It's really going to depend on how your cat reacts to the insulin, so you can't really go wrong with trying one or the other out for a few months and see how it goes.

Thank you I put a call into vet yesterday, she was out so first thought was ProZinc because of leeway but the more I think about it Now with Novolin I have to wait to give shot after he eats and my understanding is with both ProZinc and Lantus I don't have that wait time. That factor alone can make a big difference with being able to stay on time.

 

[JanetNJ]

either one. Both are good insulins. I went with prozinc for the wiggle room with timing, but you do what works for you. I ordered Prozinc from Chewy... it was $103 and each vial lasts a good 5+ months.