Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
San Antonio diabetics are helping test the next generation of insulin. It?s a drug you inhale instead of inject.
For patients who need blood sugar control, injected insulin is a wonder drug. Often, though, it doesn?t work fast enough at meal time.
Enter a trial device, the Gen2 inhaler by MannKind Corporation, filled with fine powder sucked directly into the lungs.
?It?s a very unique fine powder of human insulin that?s in a special vehicle that makes it the fastest insulin on the planet,? explained San Antonio endocrinologist Dr. Sam Miller.
http://www.kens5.com/home/Inhaled-insulin-shows-promise-for-diabetics-137986698.html
For patients who need blood sugar control, injected insulin is a wonder drug. Often, though, it doesn?t work fast enough at meal time.
Enter a trial device, the Gen2 inhaler by MannKind Corporation, filled with fine powder sucked directly into the lungs.
?It?s a very unique fine powder of human insulin that?s in a special vehicle that makes it the fastest insulin on the planet,? explained San Antonio endocrinologist Dr. Sam Miller.
http://www.kens5.com/home/Inhaled-insulin-shows-promise-for-diabetics-137986698.html
