Comments on: The Vetsulin Crisis: Cold Comfort

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:59:27 +0000

The Critical Need program is over… The Caninsulin (the Canadian version of Vetsulin) is safe… but it’s difficult to get hold of any more. I’ve been blogging about this problem. Do a search for Caninsulin on this site and you’ll find posts within the last month on what’s been happening on that front.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:55:37 +0000

Can anyone please tell me how to get my dog enrolled in the Critical Dog Program? We tried to switch my Annie to Humalin and she did not do well at all!! My vet attempted to do what she could to get me a few extra bottles of the Vetsulin and then whatever program she was going through stopped! I am almost out of her insulin and don’t know what to do next. The vet suggested that I try the insulin I can get from Canada but is this safe??
Thanks

By: I Hate UPS, the FDA and Intervet/Schering-Plough (But Love Doggie Stylish)

I Hate UPS, the FDA and Intervet/Schering-Plough (But Love Doggie Stylish) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:32:22 +0000

[...] there were problems with Vetsulin’s formulation. I already wrote about it here — see The Vetsulin Crisis: Cold Comfort – so won’t repeat all the details, except to say that I was satisfied enough with [...]

By: November is Pet Diabetes Month. Oh, the irony!

November is Pet Diabetes Month. Oh, the irony! — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:00:31 +0000

[...] Via my alert pal Constance B. Riggs, a dietitian who focuses on human diabetes at her excellent Eating Soulfully blog, I just discovered that November is Pet Diabetes Month. I’d always wondered who comes up with those designations and now I know: Drug manufacturers who want people to use their products. Yes, the trail through various tweets and blogs led me to discover that the designation had been made by Schering-Plough, the manufacturer of Vetsulin which, the FDA announced in early November, is defective. I blogged all about it a few days ago; see The Vetsulin Crisis: Cold Comfort. [...]

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:24:45 +0000

Thanks for writing, Paula. I checked out your blog — very interesting. I still have a bit of Vetsulin left but had already decided to get Frankie enrolled in the Critical Need Program. I was glad to read it was not as expensive as I’d anticipated.

By: Paula w/Diabetic Dog

Paula w/Diabetic Dog — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:15:53 +0000

Hi Edie, I love your blog. I went through the same thing as you did with the vetsulin. I stockpiled as much as I could which ran out in July 2010. Then I ordered from a Canadian pharacy. Then my vet got Zeke enrolled in the Critical Need Program from Intervet so we can still get Vetsulin for Zeke. He is almost 14 years old and has done well on the Vetsulin and his Vet and I did not want to switch him to another type of insulin. Please visit our blog to learn more about Zeke and his diabetes. Dog Diabetes