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[Chris]

Here is the thread if you would like to see the result

The Great Frozen Insulin Experiment....part 2

Well, in the great peanut butter cup experiment it appeared that the frozen insulin still worked, although its action curve was slowed. So it was suggested that we try again without administering food, to see what action the insulin had. We waited for a reasonably flat period, we were at 165 for about 45 minutes, and we administered 4 units of previously frozen and thawed Humalog. As you can see in the resulting Dexcom tracing, the insulin still works. It does appear to us to have a slightly…

And yes, before you ask, I am a scientist and I am a little bit crazy, I often call my willing diabetic son my lab rat. He does seem to enjoy the experiments though. It is actually really pretty hard to freeze the insulin, my standard freezer wouldn’t freeze it solid, we had to do it in our deep freeze.