My dog has recently been diagnosed with diabetes. She is not responding to Vetsulin, plus it is way too expensive for us. So the vet switched us to Humulin N, but the dosage is nearly half of the Vetsulin dose. She has been on 15 units of Vetsulin, and the vet wants us to give her 8 units of Humulin N.
My husband does not understand why this would be. I told him that the vet tech said Humulin was 2.5 times stronger than Vetsulin. We realize that Vetsulin is a U-40 and Humulin N is a U-100, but he still does not understand. And I don't have a clue either.
Is the reason only because of the relative strengths of the different insulins? My husband can't believe that we would only give the dog that little bit of Humulin out of a U-100 needle. We bought 1cc/29 ga/1/2" needle length needles, which is the same as what we were using for the Vetsulin except for them being U-100 and not U-40.
This whole thing has been very confusing for us, a lot of which has to do with the vet not communicating with us properly, nor communicating properly with her staff. At times I think she is more interested in making money.
Any help you can give us would be appreciated.
My husband does not understand why this would be. I told him that the vet tech said Humulin was 2.5 times stronger than Vetsulin. We realize that Vetsulin is a U-40 and Humulin N is a U-100, but he still does not understand. And I don't have a clue either.
Is the reason only because of the relative strengths of the different insulins? My husband can't believe that we would only give the dog that little bit of Humulin out of a U-100 needle. We bought 1cc/29 ga/1/2" needle length needles, which is the same as what we were using for the Vetsulin except for them being U-100 and not U-40.
This whole thing has been very confusing for us, a lot of which has to do with the vet not communicating with us properly, nor communicating properly with her staff. At times I think she is more interested in making money.
Any help you can give us would be appreciated.
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