insulin (intramuscularly,under the skin)

[vfr400]

i wanna know where to inject insulin?? intramuscularly or under the skin

 

[GymLift]

sub-q.

sub-q basically means to inject into the adipose (fat) tissue.

http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/demos/injecting.asp

 

[bigdaddy22]

Sub-q is correct, I am just a little worried about someone using insulin and not even knowing how to administer it.

 

[Mr. X]

Sub-q is correct, I am just a little worried about someone using insulin and not even knowing how to administer it.

Yeah I saw this post earlier, but didn't reply. Those were my thoughts exactly. Insulin is not to be messed with unless you've really educated yourself.

 

[WannaBe]

Unpredictable and Dangerous. IM speeds up the entire process due to the prescence of capillaries, etc.

 

[WannaBe]

you should not even do sub q if you have to ask. Do a search on slin.
p.s. U CAN DIE.

 

[vfr400]

i know that insulin inject under the skin but in here (http://www.ironforlife.com/t4984-insulin-explained.html) they told to inject the insulin intramuscularly

 

[insaned]

sub-q.

Under the skin is intradermal. That's different.

http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/demos/injecting.asp

very true, and the needle is dif too.

 

[bleachcola]

If you have low bodyfat, injecting it either way will have similar absorbtion rates. So why go through the extra effort to put it IM when you can pop an insulin syringe anywhere and leave practically no scar tissue and have no worries about infection. And I wouldn't try to dose insulin with the typical 3cc IM syringes.

 

[Deadlift]

If you use humalog IM is fine, I've always done it. It's so fast acting it makes no diff. For any of the longer acting forms, which u shouldnt use anyways inject sub-q.

 

[GymLift]

Sub-q is correct, I am just a little worried about someone using insulin and not even knowing how to administer it.

cosigns.

 

[cubanojoe]

sub Q is so much easier

 

[Mudge]

Sub-q is correct, I am just a little worried about someone using insulin and not even knowing how to administer it.

I was starting to worry my muscles weren't supposed to be under the skin, which they appear to be.

 

[vfr400]

so it is under the skin of the abdomen is that right (cause i dont know what it's mean Sub-q) and i will use humalin-r

 

[Stone]

If you use humalog IM is fine, I've always done it. It's so fast acting it makes no diff. For any of the longer acting forms, which u shouldnt use anyways inject sub-q.

I disagree, Using Humalog, you will have a faster duration of action either way you choose to go. However, the difference will be smaller and less noticeable with Humalog as opposed to Humalin-R (the only two you should even consider). While either one is "OK", you'd be better of using Humalin-R I.M. in order to speed up it's activity and make it perform more like the disireable Humalog. You want it to work fast, but more importantly, you don't want any latent slin lingering in the fatty tissues and being released later when it's not expected and causing blood sugar level issues. There is less of a chance of this happening if it is injected I.M. .
As was posted earlier, you should never attempt to measure your dose with anything but an insuling syringe. A VERY small amount can make a BIG difference and you want to be positive about how much you are taking so you have a better idea of how you will react (*note - slin can behave very differently from day to day, even is the exact same dose is administered. There are numerous variables that contribute to its duration of action, how high/low it will take your blood sugar, and how quickly it will begin to work). It is crucial to have the proper amount of sugar on hand ready at a moments notice, and then about twice that amount on backup just in case.
Monitered closely and safely, you will most likely have a good experience with insuling. However, it is something that requires your full attention and expertise throughout its entire duration of action or it can be very easy to neglect your blood sugar level and go hypo. You will experience dizzyness, sleepyness, nasea, lightheadheadedness, blurry/disturbed vision, slurred speach, confusion, vertigo/balance trouble, and finally a blackout with possible death following. Some of these symptoms indicate a more serious/impending problem than others, but if you feel any of them it's important that you up you simple carb uptake immediately. This is why it's important to have someone with you at least untill you become experienced with use and what each individual symptom means for you. Even then, it is still smart to spend the peak of the slin around one or more people for safety reasons. Even a pro (perhaps especially, since they are the ones that tend to see how low they can go with the carbs, or how high with the dose) can have unexpected occurances that can end in trajedy. The more prepared you are for this to happen, the more likely you will be to live to tell about it.

 

[tommbstone]

hum r IM is fine and easy and works

 

[vfr400]

it's my first day i inject insuline intramuscularly but the doctor give it to me with the insulin syringe and insulin needle but i told him that's the needle soooo smal to inject IM with it but he told me that's ok cause 5 I.U cant take with the regular syringe cause it's will be nothing in the regular syring is that right to take IM with the insulin needle???

 

[GymLift]

it's my first day i inject insuline intramuscularly but the doctor give it to me with the insulin syringe and insulin needle but i told him that's the needle soooo smal to inject IM with it but he told me that's ok cause 5 I.U cant take with the regular syringe cause it's will be nothing in the regular syring is that right to take IM with the insulin needle???

The doctor? Please elaborate on this situation. The doctor (physician?) is helping you to do this for (1) diabeties (2) anabolism or (3) other?

He is correct of course that measuring 5iu of insulin with a 3mL syringe is hopeless. Hell, more than that is lost in the syringe and can't be injected.

If you use an insulin at a place with very low bf% that yes, it is possible to inject into the muscle, although obvously not very deep and in all of the cases that I have seen, the patient is just as well to do the injection sub-q.

sub-q means subcutaneous. Technically that means just below the skin but in all practical sense, sub-q means an injection into the adipose (fat) tissue.

I should probably clarify my earlier post in this thread. Intradermal means between the layers of the skin; not something that you are likely to ever need to do yourself. Hell, I hadn't even seen it done until I insisted on watching a nurse do an intradermal injection a few months back.

 

[bigdaddy22]

I really just think it is so much easier to use the insulin in its normal fasion. All that you would have to do if you feel like you are unsure of how to inject it is pinch a bit of fat on your belly and inject into that area.