Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Afrezza, an insulin product administered with a special inhaler, rather than requiring injection, has just been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for pre-meal administration to control blood glucose in people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. There has been interest in this approach to insulin administration for several decades, with clinical trials and new approaches being developed over the past ten years.
Inhaled insulin is clearly effective in the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a fashion similar to that of the rapid-acting subcutaneously injected insulin analogs, with some evidence that its peak effect occurs at or before 20 minutes after administration, as opposed to the peak action of rapidly acting insulin analogs after 30-40 minutes, and of human regular insulin at 60 to 120 minutes. An advantage, then, is that inhaled insulin may act even more quickly than insulin analogs, which could have the advantage of reducing the immediate post-meal spikes in blood glucose that occur after meals with a relatively high carbohydrate content.
http://asweetlife.org/feature/inhaled-insulin-for-diabetes-is-afrezza-worth-the-risks/
Definitely not for me! 😱
Inhaled insulin is clearly effective in the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a fashion similar to that of the rapid-acting subcutaneously injected insulin analogs, with some evidence that its peak effect occurs at or before 20 minutes after administration, as opposed to the peak action of rapidly acting insulin analogs after 30-40 minutes, and of human regular insulin at 60 to 120 minutes. An advantage, then, is that inhaled insulin may act even more quickly than insulin analogs, which could have the advantage of reducing the immediate post-meal spikes in blood glucose that occur after meals with a relatively high carbohydrate content.
http://asweetlife.org/feature/inhaled-insulin-for-diabetes-is-afrezza-worth-the-risks/
Definitely not for me! 😱