Blood Glucose Curves and the Fractious Diabetic Cat

My problem patient is a 12-year old, DSH, female spayed cat with a 2-year history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. She has…

Top Clinical Endocrinology Research Abstracts, 2014 ACVIM Forum: Diabetes Part 3

Following last week’s post, this is the next installment of my review of the "top 12 list" of clinical endocrinology re…

Escalating Costs of Insulin Glargine (Lantus): Can We Switch to Another Insulin?

My patient is a 14-year-old male Toy Poodle (weighing only 5 kg) that has been maintained on insulin glargine ( Lantus; Sanofi-Av…

Glargine Insulin Is Expensive: Is Compounded Insulin an Acceptable Alternative?

After reading your last post about the escalating costs of insulin analogs, such as glargine and detemir, I wanted to ask your op…

Selecting the Best Insulin for Diabetic Cats when Cost Becomes Factor

I have an overweight (16 lb; 7.3 kg) male DSH cat who has been fairly well regulated on 3 units of glargine ( Lantus ) administer…

What's the Best Insulin for Diabetic Cats and Dogs?

With the reintroduction of Vetsulin (porcine insulin zinc suspension) to the U.S. market (1-3), I've received a number of qu…