how much insulin? help asap!

fellas, my boy is going to start insulin postworkout. he is taking 3 i.u's of hgh in 2 doses at 7 am, and 12. i just want to be sure about the insulin. he will be using 6 i.u.'s of humalin-r, most likely, eventually up to 10. he has 1ml, u-100 pins. 6 i.u.'s would be the first 6 lines on the needle, correct? just double checking. thanks

Sounds good...6 iu's would be the first six lines on the needle. He might want to start at 4 iu's just to test the waters so to speak. At 10iu's I would go hypo easily if I didn't watch carbs amd time too closely.

Personally IMO if he wasn't using the HGH I wouldn't bother with insulin at all.

hes 6'5 270, so i figured 6 i.u.'s wouldnt really hit him to hard. he'll be going up to 10 by the end of the week. every line is actually 2 i.u.'s on these pins. he is probably around 14 or 15% bf, so he is only taking in 10gr of carbs per i.u. postworkout. does that sound about right?

yeah 10g of carbs per iu is standard...i found i can go lower, but usually dont just to be safe...insulin is not to be taken lightly as you know so pound down the carbs.

DB006,

Make sure that he takes in 8-10g of simple carbs per iu of slin immediately after injecting. Take this in conjunction with a whey protein. Then he should have some candy bars or something similar in his car for the ride home from the gym, just in case he starts to go in to hypo. Then he should try and eat a meal within 1 hour of taking the slin with a few more carbs.

I agree that he should start with 4 ius and work up.