Comment on Insulin
hamid@crazypeople.online 19 hours agoPeople respond wildly differently to different types of insulin and it isn’t just a matter of switching and watching your diet. Too much and too little insulin can be deadly and it makes you feel like absolute shit.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Ah, so you’d need to know your dosage for that type beforehand, and if you didn’t know it you can’t just wing it. Still though, might be beneficial to know that for emergencies like this because it sounds preferable to certain death.
There should be a little chart your doc gives you at diagnosis (or something, spitballing here) that lays out the dosages you’d need for X, Y, and Z brands so that if say you use X and they’re out (or your kid freezes it or something) you can just consult the dosage chart and get Y for now.
zeppo@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
A unit is a unit, so the dosages are the same. What varies is onset curve and length of action, so timing.
fullsquare@awful.systems 14 hours ago
I don’t think it’s a thing because even the same insulin analogue from different manufacturer can have different dosing