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Removal of excess insulin via dialysis

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Shubhankar Kulkarni
Shubhankar Kulkarni Aug 07, 2020

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Darko Savic
Darko Savic6 months ago
How could this kind of solution be made practical, given that insulin spikes multiple times per day (after meals)?
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Shubhankar Kulkarni
Shubhankar Kulkarni6 months ago
In diabetics, the baseline (fasting) insulin levels are higher than normal. Dialysis may be helpful in bringing down these baseline levels. Frequency of dialysis can be kept similar to that of patients with renal dysfunction.