Some cats may just need more than 1 unit of insulin in the beginning to regulate the bgs and then may need to slowly decrease the dose as the cat's pancrease starts to produce its own insulin. And this was on low carb canned food and frequent bg testing, the advice of Lantus users who don't visit FDMB often anymore, and the only other health issue was asthma which was treated with Flovent. Bgs pretty much bounced around every couple of months. We had a nice stretch of 100s for awhile and then for unknown reasons bgs went back up. Oops - edited to add the little question mark topic icon.Ĭlick to expand.My diabetic was up at 4 units BID of Lantus at one point and bis bgs were still in the 300 range :roll: Over 4 years his insulin dose has varied between 1.5 units and 4 units depending on what his bg level trends where. My apologies to the webmaster if I'm doing this wrong. Note: I posted this in the Lantus Relaxed board, but maybe it's supposed to go here. I'm appreciative for any advice you can pass on. Cats are so good at hiding their pain and discomfort. But since EQ's numbers are still in the 300 ranges right now at the times I'm able to test pre-meal (I'll get more data during the cycle this weekend), I wonder when I'll be start seeing him pee less and generally feel better. Is there anyone here who uses a dose of 2.5 (or more) units of Lantus? I received some answers to my first post that made me freak out about such a high dose of Lantus, and now I know why - the risk of hypoglycemic episodes. when did you start to see the symptoms (and numbers) drop for your cat? Was it immediate or did it take months? I've only been testing a few days, and I'm supposed to call the vet Saturday with a +5 and +6 reading, and he'll probably raise his dose again. But his litterbox activity (urine output) has not decreased yet. Thankfully no ketones so far, his appetite remains good, and he's drinking all the water I add to his food. And the numbers I've been able to get so far (not many yet) indicate he is still in the 300 range before each meal. He has not yet experienced a hypo episode (and I know they can happen at any time, no matter what the dose - so I'm always watching his behavior), thank goodness. I learned after the fact that it's best to go slower than we did, but when will EQ start to feel better? It's scary to me because his little body is in danger every day his numbers remain high and he passes so much glucose in his urine. We started Lantus on June 9 1.5u, then on June 11 we moved to 2u, then June 16 we moved to 2.5u (all vet prescribed). The long version: I'm sitting here eating coconut chocolate cookies for breakfast because I am feeling that same worry I did when we got the diagnosis on June 7. How quickly did you start to see your cat get better once you started giving insulin? The short version: EQ's symptoms aren't subsiding yet.
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