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insulin's rowdy sibling that panics your liver into dumping sugar back into your blood.
means a hormone made by the pancreas that raises blood sugar by telling the liver to release stored glucose.
from named in the 1920s from glucose plus agon, greek for struggle or contest, since it fights against insulin's sugar-lowering effect.
made byalpha cells in the pancreas, insulin's neighbors
emergency useinjected to reverse severe low blood sugar
opposite jobinsulin stores sugar, glucagon releases it
also affectsfat breakdown, not just glucose release
for instance
glucagon emergency kits — used to revive diabetics from hypoglycemic unconsciousness since the 1960s
nasal glucagon spray — fda approved in 2019 as a needle-free rescue option
glucagon stimulation test — used by endocrinologists to check growth hormone or cortisol levels