Inhalable insulin now available
With millions of our population living with Diabetes, a recent treatment is being praised by researchers. It's called Exubera, the first insulin that doesn't need injecting.
Right now approximately 4 million diabetics take insulin. In the views of the FDA, millions more should inject it but are scared of the hyperdermic needles that are part of the process.
Exubera is approved, (but not for children), for Type one and Type two Diabetes.
Doctors say diabetes sufferers must use two or three puffs in advance of every meal to avoid the awful issues that are related to Diabetes.
Exubera is a short-acting insulin that can be taken by both patients with type 1 diabetes and suferrers from type-two diabetes mellitus, but long-acting insulin must still be taken.
According to Pfizer, The new inhaler isn't recommended if you are currently a smoker, start smoking during the treatment or have given up smoking less than 6 months ago.
The cost compares well with other diabetes medications, it is $3 to $5 a day wholesale cost.
I live in the UK and would love to have this made available - I hate injecting insulin, and inhalable insulin sounds great.
Apparently the NHS will not provide it to us :(
If anyone is using it successfully, I'd be grateful if they could let me know how well it works.