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Glucagon Emergency Kit Community Rating

Category: Injection Prescription

This kit has 2 items to it. A 1mg syringe of water and a bottle of powder medication. It is used for raising a very dangerous low blood sugar level. You take and inject the water into the bottle and gently shake it up to mix it. Then draw it all back into the syringe. Then inject it into any large muscle area

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Fatihful One
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October 22, 2009 11:24 AM

I have had to use this kit 4 times in the last 20 years and it has really been a lifesaver.

Pros:

Works very quickly to pull you out of a bad reaction.

Cons:

When you are extremely low and need to use this injection you should have someone else to help you since it has to be mixed and you might not be able to think enough to handle the two step process while you are low.

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Sally Thomas
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September 2, 2009 2:24 PM

Definately a life saving medication! I have had to use it numerous times over the course of my diabetic life.

Pros:

Quick acting, very effective.

Cons:

Sometimes causes me to go too high too quickly.

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wolfettia
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August 25, 2009 9:11 PM

Had to use it more than once thru my lifetime. Saved my life.

Pros:

Brings levels back up.

Cons:

Takes time to draw up and mix.

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lipsie
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March 20, 2009 2:23 PM

Sounds like the Epie pin..spelling...I do believe we'll have to get this, do you have to have a prescription though I wonder?

Pros:

Save a life

Cons:

Would not be good if no one else wasn't around to give it to ya.

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megamite
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March 20, 2009 2:18 PM

This saved my life once. My husband had to inject me because he couldn't arouse me. Typically when I run low, I wake up in the morning or middle of the night that way. Thank goodness we had this, and my husband knew to use it!

Pros:

Life-saving.

Cons:

Can't work unless you have it around the house.

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the5thone
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March 17, 2009 5:43 PM

Pros:

great for emergent situations of very low blood sugar.

Cons:

someone else has to give it to you

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