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Death by Insulin.........

Robinredbreast

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After reading the article about the drunken women who gave her partner an overdose of Insulin, I was intrigued about the aspects of deliberately trying to cause serious harm or even kill a person with Type 1 diabetes, I think many of us know of the nurse who administered Insulin to children in her care. Isn't it strange that Insulin keeps us alive, yet in the minds of some unscrupulous people, it can be a killer, some Interesting stories about this :-

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235920/

https://www.researchgate.net/public...lin_Suspected_purported_and_proven_-_A_review

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/r...n/news-story/802276f386d5c3cf49b849c7e7a158ce
 
It's a horrific story @Robinredbreast I didn't agree with the headline as it wasn't trying to poison her partner, it was trying to kill him so she should of been tried for attempted murder which would of carried a much higher sentence.
 
Yep. Insulin has been used so many times to kill. There was also that film with Jeremy Irons who played Dr Claus Von Bulow who was found guilty of killing his wife with Insulin. It was later overturned.. Some still think he was guilty. Think the film was called Reversal of Fortune.. True story..

Apparently it is very hard to detect as after a while insulin is absorbed into the body (or something like that) though I think now it is much more easily detected what with advances in forensics..
 
At my lowest moments, especially when haemhorraging started in the eyes, I actually found myself thinking that insulin would be one of the easiest ways to put an end to my misery. Thank God I didn't sink any lower.
 
I use a concentrated insulin. I am very, very aware that my usual daily amount would kill (at last calculation) 27 normal people if untreated. I am absolutely paranoid around small children. In the worst case scenario, if a toddler grabs my syringe and sticks themself with it, the child could die before an ambulance arrived.

It keeps me alive, I just wish it wasn't also so potentially lethal.
 
I have thought that when I am having a really bad hypo how close the line is between life and death and how half a bottle of lucozade is all it takes to bring me around.. Imagine not being diabetic and being injected with a dose.. That really would be frightening.. Lucozade's no good then!!
 
Nine months suspended for making an attempt to take somebody’s life seems lenient
 

I have a condition called Reactive Hypoglycaemia.
I produce too much insulin.
Before diagnosis, I had hyperinsulinaemia, caused by mainly, too much circulating insulin, insulin resistance and because of these circumstances, Hyperglycaemia.
I would consistently go between hyper and hypo, depending on what I ate and how often!
I was unaware of my predicament and it could have easily been fatal!
What was actually happening was it was slowly killing me, as the visceral fat became more prevalent around my organs, my health was deteriorating as the roller coaster ride of hormone imbalances took its toll!
I honestly believe that I would not be around now, except for my endocrinologist and finding this forum for dietary advice.
Funny, when you think and continually being told to eat so called healthy food, when it was actually killing me!

Too much insulin is really bad for you!
 
I read somewhere (dont know where) that suicide by insulin is method of choice for medical professionals. (Isn't it amazing the factoids that clutter up our brains?)

Edited to add this link - relevant bit is at the bottom of page 2

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354941/
 
I remember many years ago during a somewhat dark 20 years I had my insulin stolen in a pub.. I went to Rochester Row Police station to report it and tell them that if this person injects it and is not diabetic it will kill him...

The police officer I was talking to said " well it will serves him right for stealing it, don't worry about it!" He was deadly serious!.. We went looking for him in a police car but could not find him..

Sometimes forget how deadly insulin is if used maliciously or if used in ignorance!
 
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Absolutely. We are so fortunate.. 100 years ago none of us would be here!!..
 
Agree. Wrong food just as harmful, for some.
I'm wondering if enablers to mass obesity will one day be brought to book? There are hundreds out there. Gulp! Some will be worried, I bet.
 
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