Healthy diabetic cats can sometimes be successfully treated
with glipizide, an orally administered hypoglycemic medication that lowers blood glucose.
Oral Hypoglycemic Medications Healthy diabetic cats can sometimes be successfully treated
with glipizide.
The results showed that chromium picolinate improved insulin sensitivity and glucose control when taken
with glipizide.
Furthermore, chromium supplementation reduced the weight gain and fat accumulation associated
with glipizide.
Not exact matches
For example, an analysis of nearly 24,000 patients
with type 2 diabetes found that three diabetes drugs —
glipizide, glyburide, and glimepiride — caused a more than 50 percent greater risk of death compared to another diabetes drug, Metformin.v The three drugs are known as sulfonylureas, which work by spurring your body to produce more insulin.
Help control blood sugar levels in diabetic cats
Glipizide 5 mg, 100 Tablets is used to control blood sugar levels in cats
with Type II diabetes.
For best results, under veterinary supervision,
Glipizide should be combined
with a low carbohydrate diet.
Glipizide is highly effective and should be combined
with a low carbohydrate diet.
Glipizide and Glyburide, present in pills such as Glucotrol and Micronase that may be taken by people
with diabetes, can dangerously lower a cat's blood sugar if ingested, resulting in wobbliness, confusion, seizures, and death.
As
with all prescribed medicines,
glipizide should only be given to the dog / cat for which it was prescribed.
Not for use during diabetic emergencies, including diabetic coma Pets who have stopped eating, are anorexic, vomiting, showing signs of extreme drowsiness or fatigue and / or showing signs of severe ketoacidosis Cats
with liver, kidney or thyroid disease or a serious infection, illness or trauma Pregnant and nursing cats Known to be ineffective in cats resistant to insulin therapy Pets known to have had an allergic reaction to
glipizide or other sulfa drugs Directions:
Yes, but possible interactions may occur
with anticholinesterase agents, amphotericin B, anticoagulants, barbiturates, cyclosporine, digoxin, erythromycin, furosemide,
glipizide, insulin, ketoconazole, macrolid antibiotics, NSAIDs, salicylate (aspirin products), phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, theophylline and some vaccines.
Glipizide is administered at an initial dose of 2.5 mg, bid, PO, in conjunction
with dietary management.