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It kick in slowly because standard administration is subcutaneous which isn't a very well vascularized tissue. If you shoot up in your veins or into something
by haccount 2y ago
It kick in slowly because standard administration is subcutaneous which isn't a very well vascularized tissue.
If you shoot up in your veins or into something more vascular you would have faster onset.
- protomolecule 2y ago>If you shoot up in your veins Which is a sure way to find yourself in a hypoglycemic coma.
- user_7832 2y agoInhalable insulin (which is also very fast acting) iirc only allows a dose of 2 units. If your sugars are 400mg/dl (22ish mmol/l) one or two doses wouldn't put you into a coma if you knew your sensitivity. I'm pretty sure I've read up T1s talking about using it as such.
- protomolecule 2y agoSudden drops of the blood glucose level aren't good for health.
- user_7832 2y agoNot only veins, inhalable insulin like Afreeza is also really quick. Unfortunately it only appears to be available in the US (and maybe Canada?), not Europe/Asia from what I last remember.
- lolc 2y agoI participated in studies where they administered insulin and glucose intravenously. It is wild how they can reliably drop my blood sugar from high to low within a few minutes. Subcutaneously this takes me hours to do in a stable way.