Diabetes sufferers? in line for end to injections thanks to Sunderland researchers

[Northerner]

DIABETES sufferers may never need to take insulin injections again after scientists developed a once-a-day nasal spray.

Researchers at Sunderland University have said the spray, which has been successfully tested on rats, delivers insulin to the bloodstream via the nose and would be used for sufferers of type 1 diabetes.

Tests showed that one squirt of the spray reduced blood sugar levels in the rats for about 24 hours, compared to a traditional insulin injection which reduced their sugar levels for only nine hours.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/...ns-thanks-to-sunderland-researchers-1-5116971

Eh? Where do they get this 9 hours from then? 🙄 Or is that just rats, and what are they injecting them with?

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Very misleading title as well 😡
If you read to the bottom of the page it say's

This could replace some of those injections. Reducing the number of insulin injections could significantly improve diabetic patients? standard of living.?

What happens if you are snotty and grotty ie you have a cold? 😱

 

[Northerner]

Very misleading title as well 😡
If you read to the bottom of the page it say's

What happens if you are snotty and grotty ie you have a cold? 😱

Yes, what if you sneezed? 😱 I don't really see how accurately you could dose either. What if you only needed half a squirt? How many units per squirt? If standardised to one unit, then you'd be there all day squirting! I think a lot of this research is based on the premise that injections are painful and difficult, when in fact they're not 🙄