# \[FIRSTS\] - Used Glucagon tonight (09012019) **URL:** \ **Category:** Child\ **Created:** [September 1, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-used-glucagon-tonight-09012019/8228 "2019-09-01T02:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-used-glucagon-tonight-09012019/8228/25 "2019-09-01T16:02:43Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > Is the refrigerated shelf life (after being mixed), indeed, just 24 hours? Just want to make sure before I throw it out this evening I did the expired glucagon test and on this thread below, I did a demo where I used it **5 days later** and it worked fine! Check out this post: > [@Expired glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-glucagon/1417/39): > > A little update on this. I mixed the expired glucagon 5 days ago. It worked fine then. I tested it a day later, and it still worked. So 5 days after mixing the glucagon, I did another test today. The same mini-dose I did before, 25 units (just 1/4 of the entire dosage you get in a glucagon kit), and it brought me up 89 points in just 30 minutes. That’s pretty consistent with day 2: 2nd day after mixing: 106 points in 35 minutes 5th day after mixing: 89 points in 30 minutes Anyway, the poi… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-used-glucagon-tonight-09012019/8228)._