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A 78-year-old woman with long-standing type 2 diabetes on Metformin and a sulfonylurea is found confused and sweaty on the ward. Capillary blood glucose is 2.4 mmol/L. She is conscious but drowsy and able to swallow. What is the most appropriate initial treatment?

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