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Originally Posted by kstreeter513  ... If I injected the entire contents of a 1000 unit bottle into a healthy person, that wouldn't kill them? ... |
1,000 units is a lot of insulin ...
. The liver holds only 100-120 grams of glycogen. And glycogen stored in muscles can't be used to support blood glucose. Even if we assume that all liver glycogen gets turned into a similar amount of glucose, it wouldn't last long under the onslaught of 1,000 units of insulin. And I don't know if enough glucose could be produced via gluconeogenesis quickly enough to stop essential systems from shutting down. The murderous doctor I was refering to obviously didn't think it would work ....
. Suicide attemps using massive amounts of insulin are seldom successful. They cause a comatose state that persists for long enough for medical assistance to be provided.
