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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2004Novolin insulin?
I have a diabetic cat who has been getting 2 shots a day for 8 years. He has always been getting the humulin insulin but the pharmacist mentioned using Novolin which seems to be much cheaper. My vet said it is ok to switch but I am still a little nervous because my cat has done reasonably well on the Humulin. Does anybody have any info or opinions on the Novolin insulin? Is it any different at all then the Humulin? Thanks for any help Steve -- Steve's page of Fun links http://www.stevesfunlinks.com/ See Steve with famous people like the Bradys http://www.flash.net/~steve84/index1.htm Steve's page of over 200 Disney links! http://www.flash.net/~steve84/Disney.htm >I have a diabetic cat who has been getting 2 shots a day for 8 years. He has >always been getting the humulin insulin but the pharmacist mentioned using >Novolin which seems to be much cheaper. My vet said it is ok to switch but I am >still a little nervous because my cat has done reasonably well on the Humulin. >Does anybody have any info or opinions on the Novolin insulin? Is it any >different at all then the Humulin? They all work well, some patients react better to different kinds of insulin. Follow the directions carefully, some insulin works instantly, some work over a 24 hour period. -------------------------------------------- "It took us 15 years to McGyver this thing." -------------------------Carter on Stargate To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from my e-mail address. Uuuuuh, I am a human diabetic and I switched over several yars ago, as I recall no problems. Just do the usual checks. XL > I have a diabetic cat who has been getting 2 shots a day for 8 years. He has > always been getting the humulin insulin but the pharmacist mentioned using [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Steve's page of over 200 Disney links! > http://www.flash.net/~steve84/Disney.htm I have tow diabetic cats. One is on Humaulin U (Ultra Lente). The other one bovine PZI. There are many time of Humulin insulin (humilog, R, N, U, L, Lantis (given in order of duration with Lantus being longest. Cats metabolize insulin about twice as fast as humans so cats usually need two shots a day. If you switch insulin you should start with 1 unit twice daily and test blood glucose levels at home using human meter to ensure that you are not giving too much or not enough insulin. Too much is very bad since it can kill fast ((diabetic coma). Come over to the feline diabetic message board (just enter FDMB in search engine.).  SignatureLarry & GG & Mitten et el. > I have a diabetic cat who has been getting 2 shots a day for 8 years. He has > always been getting the humulin insulin but the pharmacist mentioned using [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Steve's page of over 200 Disney links! > http://www.flash.net/~steve84/Disney.htm >Cats >metabolize insulin about twice as fast as humans so cats usually need two >shots a day. Two shots aday? I know humans who need 3-4 shots per day. -------------------------------------------- "It took us 15 years to McGyver this thing." -------------------------Carter on Stargate To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from my e-mail address. Humans use multiple shots to control their BG very well. A treatment is a long lasting basal insulin one a day and a fast acting insulin such as Humalog with each meal. One could do something similar with cats and there are people who inject there cats 3 or four times a day but that is rare. SignatureLarry & GG & Mitten > >Cats > >metabolize insulin about twice as fast as humans so cats usually need two [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from > my e-mail address. >Humans use multiple shots to control their BG very well. A treatment is a >long lasting basal insulin one a day and a fast acting insulin such as >Humalog with each meal. One could do something similar with cats and there >are people who inject there cats 3 or four times a day but that is rare. But that isn't what the first poster implied. His implicication was that humans only needed to use one shot a day. -------------------------------------------- "It took us 15 years to McGyver this thing." -------------------------Carter on Stargate To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from my e-mail address. >Cats >metabolize insulin about twice as fast as humans so cats usually need two >shots a day. This is the quote I was referring to. -------------------------------------------- "It took us 15 years to McGyver this thing." -------------------------Carter on Stargate To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from my e-mail address. |
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