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08/14/2018

Are you treating a dog for hyperlipidemia? The UC Davis School of Vet Med is currently conducting a clinical trial on the use of fenofibrate in hyperlipidemic dogs. The medication is provided free of charge by the study.

08/06/2018

Still recruiting cases for the diabetic remission study in cats (once-monthly injection to keep cats in remission) in Davis CA, Columbus OH, College Station TX, Melbourne Australia and London UK.

08/06/2018

Our once-weekly insulin injection clinical trial is now open: If you have a diabetic dog and you are willing to bring them to UC Davis once a week for 10 weeks, contact us to get more details on inclusion criteria, incentives and more. Help us help all diabetic pets out there by participating in this study.

08/05/2018

One insulin injection per week. For diabetic dogs.
The clinical trial is now open!

05/19/2018

Once-weekly insulin injection. A clinical trial in dogs and cats (with species-specific insulin formulations) is coming soon. REAL soon. Here at UC Davis. More details soon.

05/14/2018

"The first insulin treatment of a child with diabetes in the USA in October 1922 was done with a preparation of insulin produced by Michael Somogyi who was a chemist at Washington University's medical school in St. Louis." So just for the record: Somogyi was real but the Somogyi phenomenon - NOT.

05/14/2018

It was Somogyi that came up with the fantastic idea that "Hypoglycemia begets hyperglycemia"... It was an intriguing clinical observation, especially coming from a chemist (no offense..) and it made total sense at the time. What first was just an idea, became dogma eventually and took about 50 years of hard science to dispel. It is now considered a well established consensus, at least in human medicine, that hypoglycemia does not beget hyperglycemia. In fact, there is strong evidence that the exact opposite is the case: Hypoglycemia begets hypoglycemia, i.e. the more a diabetic experiences hypoglycemia, the higher is their threshold for activating counteregulatory hormones, and the more likely they are to experience more hypoglycemia. I know a lot of you out there still consider this heresy but... The Somogyi phenomenon DOES NOT exist! 👣

05/13/2018

Fill in the blank: "The first insulin treatment of a child with diabetes in the USA in October 1922 was done with a preparation of insulin produced by _____ who was a chemist at Washington University's medical school in St. Louis."

05/13/2018

"Hypoglycemia begets hyperglycemia"... Who said it first and could he have been more wrong?

05/12/2018

Two diabetes trivia questions:
1. Which insulin is a fusion of a peptide and a fatty acid?
2. What is the most concentrated insulin formulation?

05/12/2018

"Levemir is very potent"... this myth keeps being repeated by vets and because of it, many vets don't recommend Levemir for cats and dogs. And it's a shame because Levemir is a super awesome insulin formulation! So is it true that Levemir is potent? The simplistic and clinically relevant answer is yes in dogs, no in cats. The longer (and more interesting answer if you are a diabetes geek like me) is that the potency of levemir varies between species. Because it is very low potency in people, to achieve the same unit action as other insulins, the concentration of Levemir is 4 times higher than most other insulins. But, in dogs (and pigs), the potency of Levemir is not as nearly as low as in people so giving what is 1 unit of Levemir to a dog achieves the effect of about 2-4 units compared to most other insulins. But cats are like people. It appears that just like in people, the potency of Levemir is very low in cats so a x4 concentration achieves roughly he same effect as any other insulin. Bottom line: Use Levemir in cats just like you would any other insulin. Use Levemir in dogs in much lower doses than any other insulin. I start with 1U/cat and 0.1U/kg in dogs. Most importantly, don't e afraid of it, it is a great product!

Back to the Libre: It is super easy to stick on, but sometimes not easy to peel off... Usually it's OK but look at this ...
05/09/2018

Back to the Libre: It is super easy to stick on, but sometimes not easy to peel off... Usually it's OK but look at this (rare, but still):

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