It smells really bad! i cant stand it either
i think it smells sort of....smokey. i dont know why. it just smells smokey to me....? heheheh. and it tastes the same as it smells, but stronger. Heh...if youre on pens, you know the second little cap of the needle? i sometimes chew on them.....^___^" theyve gotten insulin in them before.....doesnt taste that great...
Even now as I think about things and insulin. The thought of the smell being on my tongue makes me gag. What pleasant thoughts before going to bed.
Not gunna lie, i once tried it, to see how it tasted... omg it tasted so bad. it was so sour.
Huummmmm, never thought it smelled bad, I love the smell of insulin, it smell like life for me. And it is much better than the smell of formaldehyde.
I'm not sure I'm one to taste insulin. I do some pretty dumb things too........so...........maybe
Well Joe if you ever get up the courage to take a taste let us know your opinion. However, I for one am choosing to chicken out completely. The accidental tasting was enough for me. Blech....
My novolog has almost a rubber taste too it. Kind of hangs around on your tongue.
haha i know what you mean it doesn't smell bad its smells pretty darn amazing but i do suppose from the things i do it does smell good
I've always dislike the smell of insulin. I don't think I have ever dared to taste. I think its because of the name on the bottles when I first started using insulin in 1975, Beef/Pork Insulin. I didn't know what it meant as a kid, I just knew I needed to have it to survive. In my mind, I thought someone in the medical field used a syringe to inject a Cow or Pork and then put it in the bottle for us to use. Haaa haa. Yes I agree, it does smell like band-aids.
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My novolog has almost a rubber taste too it. Kind of hangs around on your tongue.
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I guess a question one could draw from this is, if you ingest insulin, is it the same as bolusing? It gets into your bloodstream the same way alcohol would right? Or does someone think that your stomach acids would kick in and eat it up? I'll admit that I've tasted it too (humalog) when some has come out of an infusion site that I'm changing or whatever. I've tasted better things, but I won't complain.
Anyone (with citations or factual proof) know about the ingestion question?
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[quote user="CHLjoe"]
My novolog has almost a rubber taste too it. Kind of hangs around on your tongue.
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I guess a question one could draw from this is, if you ingest insulin, is it the same as bolusing? It gets into your bloodstream the same way alcohol would right? Or does someone think that your stomach acids would kick in and eat it up? I'll admit that I've tasted it too (humalog) when some has come out of an infusion site that I'm changing or whatever. I've tasted better things, but I won't complain.
Anyone (with citations or factual proof) know about the ingestion question?
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We were just learning about this in my Chemistry paper :) About why certain drugs cannot be taken orally, as they could not then enter the bloodstream this way. We only covered it very briefly but the notes our lecturer gave us say "Insulin is a peptide hormone composed of 51 amino acids ... It cannot be taken orally as the peptide bonds are broken down in the acid environment of the stomach." I cannot give you a reference as they are notes printed just for the uni. But it explains why we have to inject it, not take it orally.
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My novolog has almost a rubber taste too it. Kind of hangs around on your tongue.
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ha ha...like band aids?
Rubber taste... so at least we have concluded that it not taste to good. Unless someone likes the taste of rubber.
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Rubber taste... so at least we have concluded that it not taste to good. Unless someone likes the taste of rubber.
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True story. I knew a guy in school who chewed erasers. I think in this world there might be one of everything ha ha.
Imagine the irony if they gave insulin a chocolate or maybe peppermint scent. It would smell better but type 1's all over the world would be forever sampling it. Even if it had no beneficial effects, I would so lick my finger from time to time.
ha ha that is a good idea. I want popcorn and date flavored insulin please, maybe a blueberry as well. The thought or sight of the drive through pharmacy will forever crack me up now.
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[quote user="Pat"]
[quote user="CHLjoe"]
My novolog has almost a rubber taste too it. Kind of hangs around on your tongue.
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I guess a question one could draw from this is, if you ingest insulin, is it the same as bolusing? It gets into your bloodstream the same way alcohol would right? Or does someone think that your stomach acids would kick in and eat it up? I'll admit that I've tasted it too (humalog) when some has come out of an infusion site that I'm changing or whatever. I've tasted better things, but I won't complain.
Anyone (with citations or factual proof) know about the ingestion question?
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We were just learning about this in my Chemistry paper :) About why certain drugs cannot be taken orally, as they could not then enter the bloodstream this way. We only covered it very briefly but the notes our lecturer gave us say "Insulin is a peptide hormone composed of 51 amino acids ... It cannot be taken orally as the peptide bonds are broken down in the acid environment of the stomach." I cannot give you a reference as they are notes printed just for the uni. But it explains why we have to inject it, not take it orally.
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works for me. I just wanted a scientific answer and not an opinion or something heard through the grapevine. Thanks!
as for flavored insulin...you think the insurance companies would cover it? :)
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as for flavored insulin...you think the insurance companies would cover it? :)
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With a slightly higher premium...sure why not.
Or maybe it would be treated like an insulin pump, where your doc must write a reason why you need flavored insulin. I vote we all give the same reason. It would be far more believable that way. ha ha
This is awesome, Ive always wanted to know if anyone has ever tasted their insulin. I was always too afraid to try it, I wasnt sure if it would get into my system or not haha