In Diabetes Mellitus
Treatment the goals of treating cats with diabetes include: insulin therapy cats with diabetes are most often treated with injectable insulin. oral drugs for humans (hypoglycemic medications) such as glipizide rarely work in controlling diabetes in cats. insulin injection (see figure 1) can be taught to most owners and, with a bit of experience, both owners and cats usually adapt to these injections very well. there are a variety of insulin preparations available, and each works for a different duration and has different effects on the ups and downs of blood glucose. ideally, your veterinarian will perform a 12-24 hour glucose curve, during which insulin is administered intermittently and blood glucose is measured to establish the type of insulin and dosing frequency that best controls blood glucose while avoiding inappropriately low blood glucose levels (hypoglycemia). Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood sugar (glucose). glucose is vit