Diabetes in Pets
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I currently have 2 diabetics ( Buddy & Cyber) both are rescues and I have had another that passed several years ago.

My boy Buddy has been struggling and we FINALLY had an acceptable blood glucose reading on Friday May 3rd of 7.9 mmol/L.

Buddy won't allow insulin injections and the prescribed diet alone wasn't enough so we have him on the human drug Glyburide. This drug only has about a 50% success rate in cats.....according to the stats. My vet has had some successes and some failures. I can do blood glucose readings on him at home (go figure)....he goes feral at the vet......he gets very aggressive when I have tried to inject insulin but easily accepts a pill. For others that need to try Glyburide.....it took 6 weeks and an increase in dose at 4 weeks to see any results. His blood glucose was at about 19 mmol/L when we started him on a 1/2 tab of Glyburide (2.5mg strength) every 12 hours. At 4 weeks we increased him to a full tab (2.5mg) every 12 hours, but it took 2 more weeks on this dose to see results. I am making a page to share this info as Glyburide seems to take longer to show results in some cats and people should not give up to quickly. Buddy has a great appetite and readily eats the canned prescribed diet by Purina, DM (Dietetic Management). At the advice of my vet he only gets the canned, not the dry to help manage his blood glucose levels. I have a “cat scale” that I invested in and his weight has been constant and he drinks plenty of water. I will be doing another blood glucose reading in about 5 days and I will post the results. I will share more information both the positive and the negative as we continue with this form of treatment on Buddy.


Buddy's treatment reports:


June 3/11 at 6 weeks - Blood glucose reading of 7.9 mmol/L (2.5 mg every 12 hours)

June 10/11 at 7 weeks - Blood glucose reading of 3.1 mmol/L (2.5 mg every 12 hours) (GO BUDDY GO.....he's doing well)

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