About the Book
Source: Wikia. Pages: 62. Chapters: Agitating insulin, Alternative medication warnings, Antioxidants, Avoiding Hypos, Basal, Boarding diabetic animals, Bolus, Booster, Carryover, Cartridge, Cats' faster metabolism, Combining insulin, Constipation, Dental procedure, Diluting insulin, Duration, Fasting, Fatty liver, Fiber, Financial aspects, Fine doses, Gastroparesis, Glucometer, Hometesting blood glucose, Inappetance, Injecting insulin, Insulin antibodies, Insulin pen, Insulin resistance, Insulin use tips, L-Carnitine, Laboratory test, Lancet, Levemir vs Lantus, Lipodystrophy, Magnifier, Medication warnings, Methylcobalamin, Mini-curve, Nausea, Neuropathy, OTC, Obstacles to regulation, Off label, Onset, Oral medication, Other supplies, Overlap, Peak, Questions for vets, Recordkeeping, Rolling insulin, Subcutaneously, Substitutes for Humulin U and L, Substitutes for Iletin II NPH, Sugar-Free Products Warnings, Syringe, Taurine, Tight regulation, Unit, Urination, Urine testing stix, Variability, Web resources. Excerpt: Clear insulins don't require agitation. Cloudy insulins must be rolled between the hands or gently rotated and inverted several times slowly, to evenly re-suspend the insulin particles in the liquid, before injection. Continue until the suspension looks uniformly milky or cloudy from end to end. If you shake or drop the insulin, you can cause frothing, which will denature (physically damage) the fragile insulin molecules, and weaken the insulin, again leading to unpredictable insulin action. Shaking also creates many air bubbles which go into the syringe along with the insulin. They are harmful in the respect that when there's air in the syringe, the full unit dose of insulin isn't able to be drawn and injected. Explanationsabout handling insulin properly from Intervet. See also injecting insulin, diluting insulin and combining insulin. In general, be VERY skeptical of claims that herbal or alternative therapies can replace insulin treatment in cats...
