insulin toxicity

  1. Nnora

    Toxicity of insulin due to phenol and metacresol

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone here was thinking about toxic substances present in insulin formulations. For example, Novorapid contains 1.5 mg/ml of phenol and 1.72 mg/ml of metacresol. Both of these substances are very toxic, and for someone who is injecting 20 units of insulin per...