Although recent studies have made health professionals more aware of the frequency of serious reactions from insulin, not everyone has this problem. Your diabetes educator or pharmacist can help you learn to prevent and properly treat hypoglycemia.
Some educators recommend candy, cake decorator, or honey for insulin reactions.
These products all work to some extent, however, most contain mainly sucrose or table sugar. Commercial products designed for treatment of insulin reactions contain glucose, the kind of sugar that is most quickly absorbed by the body. Commercial products are pre-measured and portable to insure proper dosing and ease of use. To feel better you must first take a rapidly absorbed kind of sugar, the sugar must enter the bloodstream after the stomach and finally a signal must reach your brain that you are better. This all takes about 15 minutes.