The Effects of Large Doses of Intravenous Insulin in Psychotic Nondiabetic Patients

Abstract

Both [male] and [female] schizophrenic patients tolerated massive intraven. doses of insulin. Blood lactic acid was not appreciably altered as the result of insulin inj. Onset of sweating and the lowest level of blood sugar generally occurred approx. 30 mins. following inj. of insulin. A larger dose of intraven. insulin did not necessarily result in a more pronounced effect. In many cases larger doses produced smaller effects.