Caninsulin (Vetsulin): I need opinions about the glucose curve I got today.

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Owen & Ceci

Owen & Ceci

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Hi all, today I did the glucose curve at home for my cat Owen to try to set his dose, with a shot of 1 unit of Caninsulin at 8.45 am.

I stopped testing after 14:30 pm, since it was already raising and he was at his unfortunately "normal" high numbers already. It seems it has a short effect so far :(

The vet suggested to increase the dose in half unit.

What do you think? I would really appreciate opinions from people with experience with this insulin.

Here's the curve, numbers are still really high :(:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Mj0VvlcbpLVFNPcVZaZENhNXM/view?usp=sharing

Thank you so much!
 
Cats have a fast metabolism and while some cats have a longer effect from Caninsulin, many have curves exactly like what you are seeing. I am not a Caninsulin user, but based on the numbers you got today, I would try 1.5u to see where that takes Owen. I would however only do so tonight if you can test up to about +5 post shot as it appears his nadir is around +4.5 and you don't want him dropping too fast or too much overnight. It looks like you still have lots of room for the drop but I'd still want to be monitoring because another 0.5 units is a 50% increase in insulin. My personal preference is to make dose increases during day cycles when I know I will be awake and able to intervene but my schedule allows that luxury and yours might not.

BTW, Owen is an absolutely gorgeous kitty! :)
 
I agree with your vet to up the dose. Do 1.5 for a few days and then reevaluate if you should go to two.
 
Ceci said:
@JanetNJ , what does CC mean? I've read it several times and still don't know its meaning :confused:
Slowly I'm learning all this new stuff
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In this case C.C. Is my cat's name. Lol. I suppose in another context it could be referring to a unit of measurement.
 
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