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Insulin is not administered intravenous, but subcutaneous.

• andyjohnson0 5y ago
  Not really relevant to the topic of open source insulin, but insulin is sometimes administered intravenously in a hospital setting as an emergency measure to control potentially-fatal levels of hyperglycemia.
  • bregma 5y ago
    Also as a means of murder and in the past as a means of torturing mental health patients. If you really want to be pedantic.
  • cperciva 5y ago
    Not just as an emergency measure; if you've got IVs set up anyway (e.g. because you're treating hypokalemia) then it may be more convenient to drip insulin in rather than administering it subcutaneously.