I too have a miniature schnauzer named Cooper (about 11 1/2 years old) who suddenly lost his eyesight in March of 2016 and has been recently diagnosed with diabetes (glucose 541 in early December) after he got very skinny even though he was eating and drinking water excessively.
We've been trying Vetsulin for Cooper for the past month without much success and upped his dosage to 5 IU's twice a day. At that point, we thought maybe he had Cushings disease as well and and did a Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression (LDDS) test. His results came back 5.6 on the initial sample, 4.1 on the 4-hour sample and <1.0 on the 8-hour sample. Though the 8-hour sample looked good from what I read, my vet still seemed to think that Cooper was a Cushings dog and we started him on Trilostane a week ago (though lowered the Vetsulin shots to 3 IU's twice a day).
I'm writing all this because nothing seems to be helping Cooper at this stage and when I read your link (endocrinevet) regarding how mini schnauzers might have unusual responses to insulin and as well as Cushings tests, I was hoping for some direction or words of advice. Thank you in advance for any suggestions, Douglas.
We've been trying Vetsulin for Cooper for the past month without much success and upped his dosage to 5 IU's twice a day. At that point, we thought maybe he had Cushings disease as well and and did a Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression (LDDS) test. His results came back 5.6 on the initial sample, 4.1 on the 4-hour sample and <1.0 on the 8-hour sample. Though the 8-hour sample looked good from what I read, my vet still seemed to think that Cooper was a Cushings dog and we started him on Trilostane a week ago (though lowered the Vetsulin shots to 3 IU's twice a day).
I'm writing all this because nothing seems to be helping Cooper at this stage and when I read your link (endocrinevet) regarding how mini schnauzers might have unusual responses to insulin and as well as Cushings tests, I was hoping for some direction or words of advice. Thank you in advance for any suggestions, Douglas.
Comment