Short needle for U-40 insulin?

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Nancy T

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Hi all. Our kitty Pasha had diabetes in 2010-11 but went into remission, then came roaring back this month. Very sick kitty but hopefully starting to mend. (Also had UTI, uveitis, FIV, hyperthyroid, etc.!!)

Anyway, back to insulin. I always used the short needles for Pasha and our previous diabetic kitty (4 yrs) because HALF the time when using the regular needles, I end up with insulin on fur instead of sub-q. This has ALWAYS been a problem for me, I ALWAYS had to use short needles.

NOW it seems they don't make short needles for U-40 insulin anymore!? The vet, our pharmacies, and online--I can't find them anywhere. Is this true???? Does anyone know where I can get short needles for U-40 insulin (Prozinc)???

Thank you. I'm desperate, because otherwise our cat is essentially getting, on average, only one insulin shot per day, with my apparently incorrigible technique. With the short needles I never had a problem.

Thanks for any help!

Nancy
 
Just use use U1oo and use the conversion:
1/2 unit marking on a U100 syringe equals 0.2 units of U100 insulin
U100 marking amount to U40 insulin
1/2 0.2 units
1 0.4 units
1 1/2 0.6 units
2 0.8 units
2 1/2 1 unit

When reporting does, report the amount to U40 insulin, not how far you pull back the plunder on the U100 syringe.
 
Thanks so much, Larry. So if I need to give him one unit of U-40 insulin, I give him 2.5 units on the U-100 syringe, is that right?
 
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