the FDA approves the first insulin for diabetic dogs

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration of the U.S.A.) has announced a pig insulin zinc like the first drug specifically approved to treat diabetic dogs, before the development of this medicine, the veterinarians used human insulin for the treatment of dogs with this pathology that is less compatible with the metabolism of the animal. According to studies esteem that one each two hundred dogs will develop a diabetes, is pronounced generally in 7-9 dogs years of age and with more prevalence in females than in males.

The product will be commercialized under the name of ?Vetsulin? by the Intervet laboratory, Inc. of Millsboro, Delaware, and will be prescribed under prescription of a Veterinary Doctor.
The treatment of the diabetes tries to inhibit the clinical signs of diabetes in dogs like polidipsia, poliuria, polifagia and caquexia, the Veterinary Doctor will determine the initial dose based on the weight of the dog, and soon by means of later tests it will fit the medication in an optimal level.

The administration of the dose of maintenance will be able to become in house, will provide to the owners the corresponding instructions of like dosing its animal, in addition the medicine will enclose information that explains the benefits and risks of the treatment.
Vetsulin already has been accepted in 20 countries, even the United Kingdom, and will be available in the United States by the end of the 2004.

 

Source: Veterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith, Inc.

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