Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
At more than $200 a 10-ml vial, the world?s most prescribed insulin is priced at or beyond the threshold of what many cat owners are able or willing to pay.
Veterinarians are fielding complaints from clients, leaving some practitioners facing the delicate and time-consuming prospect of re-regulating their feline patients on other insulins.
Dr. Michael Mihlfried, of Athol, Idaho, has prescribed Sanofi's Lantus (insulin glargine) for the past four years. Licensed for use in humans, a 10-ml vial of Lantus holds 10,000 units of the long-acting insulin.
Many veterinarians say it can last a cat owner for months given that a moderate dosage is 2 to 3 units twice daily.
?It?s the insulin I reach for when there's a diabetic cat,? Mihlfried said. ?Most of my remissions have come by using Lantus. I have one particular owner who has told me he absolutely can?t afford to use it any longer. The cat is 18 years old. We?re going to try ProZinc."
http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=30858
Veterinarians are fielding complaints from clients, leaving some practitioners facing the delicate and time-consuming prospect of re-regulating their feline patients on other insulins.
Dr. Michael Mihlfried, of Athol, Idaho, has prescribed Sanofi's Lantus (insulin glargine) for the past four years. Licensed for use in humans, a 10-ml vial of Lantus holds 10,000 units of the long-acting insulin.
Many veterinarians say it can last a cat owner for months given that a moderate dosage is 2 to 3 units twice daily.
?It?s the insulin I reach for when there's a diabetic cat,? Mihlfried said. ?Most of my remissions have come by using Lantus. I have one particular owner who has told me he absolutely can?t afford to use it any longer. The cat is 18 years old. We?re going to try ProZinc."
http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=30858