Answer
An awake person who can swallow may often treat an uncomplicated hypo using oral glucose or another fast-acting carbohydrate. Intravenous glucose is used when hospital treatment is required or oral treatment is unsafe or inadequate.
Sources for this answer
- NHSNHS · NHS medicine guidance
- Glucose Intravenous Infusion BP 50% w/v (hameln) — Current selected SmPCemc · Summary of Product Characteristics
- Glucose 20% w/v Solution for Infusion — Current selected SmPC