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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / January 2007Insulin manufacture and suppy problems (UK)
Our diabetic dog normally has Insuvet Lente but on two occasions in the last three months the vet has been unable to obtain this insulin and has provided prescriptions for Hypurin Bovine Lente. We have managed to obtain Hypurin Bovine Lente from supermarket pharmacies (with difficulty since few have any stock)but the pharmacists have told us that it is no longer being produced and once existing stocks are gone then that's it. Does anyone know what is happening here, why there are these supply problems with animal/human Lente insulin in the UK? I have e-mailed Schering-Plough, who manufacture Insuvet Lente, but they don't reply. > Our diabetic dog normally has Insuvet Lente but on two occasions in the last > three months the vet has been unable to obtain this insulin and has provided [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > insulin in the UK? I have e-mailed Schering-Plough, who manufacture Insuvet > Lente, but they don't reply. Here's a blog that I found and some more links. http://www.dlife.com/blog/archives/2005/07/are_animal_insu.htm http://www.iddtinternational.org/reviewsandreports/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1612245,00.html Regards >> Our diabetic dog normally has Insuvet Lente but on two occasions in the >> last [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Regards Thanks for those links. The first link is American (I am in the United Kingdom), and the other two links don't seem to refer to the issue that I wrote about in my post. All human lente and ultralente insulin has been discontinued in the U.S. I would suspect the same has occurred in the UK. I don't know why Schering Plough might not be producing their insulin -- they don't market it in the U.S. Maybe you should check with your vet about switching to Caninsulin by Intervet -- as it's used fairly regularly in the U.S. it might be less likely to have manufacturing issues. It seems to be available in the UK. Deborah DVM > Our diabetic dog normally has Insuvet Lente but on two occasions in the > last three months the vet has been unable to obtain this insulin and has [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > with animal/human Lente insulin in the UK? I have e-mailed > Schering-Plough, who manufacture Insuvet Lente, but they don't reply. > All human lente and ultralente insulin has been discontinued in the U.S. > I would suspect the same has occurred in the UK. I don't know why [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Deborah DVM Thanks for that information. Hopefully the situation will be resolved soon when all remaining stocks of Lente have been used. He is on 19 units twice a day therefore a 10ml vial only lasts about 3 weeks to 4 weeks. The uncertainty each month of not knowing whether or not we will run out is just too stressful. |
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