# The Great Insulin+Glucagon Dual Pump Experiment

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-great-insulin-glucagon-dual-pump-experiment/2273>\
**Category:** Pump\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-great-insulin-glucagon-dual-pump-experiment/2273 "2017-10-05T22:35:46Z")\
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**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:** [October 6, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-great-insulin-glucagon-dual-pump-experiment/2273/7 "2017-10-06T00:32:55Z")

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> [@Glucagon - Poll](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucagon-poll/2238/77):
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> Currently available dissolved glucagon is unstable, isn’t it? (should be administered immediately according to the instructions). So, you may have very little time available for an experiment, not sure how long.

I did a demo on this a while ago. I can easily get 3 days out of a vial of glucagon. I posted about that. Since pods only last 3 days, the viability of glucagon is not a problem.

Here is the post on it. The whole thing thread is informative, but here is the part on how long it lasted after mixing.

> [@Expired glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-glucagon/1417/39):
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> 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…

> [@Glucagon - Poll](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucagon-poll/2238/77):
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> (I hope you are kidding about the experiment 😉)

No, I am totally serious. This is really nothing too crazy.

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