Increase or decrease insulin dosage?

Discussion in 'Feline Health - (Welcome & Main Forum)' started by kimouette, Oct 29, 2016.

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  1. kimouette

    kimouette Member

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    Hi guys,

    Here's a copy of Faya's most recent spreadsheet :
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BwoRCK9mX-jKJxCAG-NdzB8dH0ELujWp5oGCbJVL6jc/edit?usp=sharing

    Last time I wrote here was to explain the case of Faya, this cat that I'm helping who lives in another country. I told you guys that I did'nt know what to do anymore cuz his numbers were now in the yellow and pink values while just couple of weeks earlier we had stable blue-green results and we thought he was getting close to a remission!
    Here's the previous thread : http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/losing-stability-starting-to-get-worried.167067/

    Since then, we tried to increase the insulin dosage (on October 24) but the BG values did not decrease in a significant way. So I did what someone suggested (thinking Faya was getting too much insulin), so yesterday (October 28) we decreased the dosage. At first I thought it was working cuz he got 2 blue values, but yesterday night, and especially this morning, he kind of proved us wrong with his increasing values that are now pink.

    Since we are using Lantus, I dont know how quickly we should jump to a conclusion... Should I ask Faya's owner to increase the dosage as soon as possible?
    And considering the fact that the previous dosage increase of 0.9U did not work, would you guys give him atleast 1.0U?

    I am going to ask her to bring her cat to the vet as soon as possible (to check his teeth and have a blood test), but in the meantime I need to know what you guys would do in terms of insuline dosage, and how fast you would change that dosage...

    Thanks for your help!!
    Kim
     
  2. Larry and Kitties

    Larry and Kitties Well-Known Member

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    Anything abnormal happen on the 28th. The low PM PS is abnormal from other readings
     
  3. kimouette

    kimouette Member

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    No nothing abnormal happened on the 28th.

    So here's my final question again :
    "Since we are using Lantus, I dont know how quickly we should jump to a conclusion... Should I ask Faya's owner to increase the dosage as soon as possible?
    And considering the fact that the previous dosage increase of 0.9U did not work, would you guys give him atleast 1.0U?

    I am going to ask her to bring her cat to the vet as soon as possible (to check his teeth and have a blood test), but in the meantime I need to know what you guys would do in terms of insuline dosage, and how fast you would change that dosage..."
     
  4. Callie & Patches

    Callie & Patches Well-Known Member

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    Did you post on the Lantus forum? You will find people with more experience there who can help you.
     
  5. Larry and Kitties

    Larry and Kitties Well-Known Member

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    Because of the abnormally low BG on the 28th, I am hesitant to suggest an increase.
     
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