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View Poll Results: Would you like to try inhaled insulin? | |
Yes
|    | 8 | 11.11% | |
No
|    | 43 | 59.72% | |
After more people have
|    | 7 | 9.72% | |
Maybe
|    | 5 | 6.94% | |
Undecided
|    | 9 | 12.50% |
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03-18-2007, 12:57 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
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Originally Posted by ant hill  Yeah i'm with you bill. like the nose is to detect smell and oxygen, Not insulin though. Sorry not for me.  | It's not inhaled through the nose, it's inhaled with an aparatus similar to an asthma inhaler. (when I first heard about it last year, I too thought it was inhaled through the nose)
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Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08  
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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03-18-2007, 01:01 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,367
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Originally Posted by ladytaz It's not inhaled through the nose, it's inhaled with an aparatus similar to an asthma inhaler. (when I first heard about it last year, I too thought it was inhaled through the nose) | That would go over REAL WELL with the police if ever pulled over. I highly doubt a drug company would ever make a drug like that. You'd almost have to always carry a doctor's note times 10 with you then. Although that would be funny...."Diabetes rate Quadruples overnight as Crack like drug is released"
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03-18-2007, 01:40 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg That would go over REAL WELL with the police if ever pulled over. I highly doubt a drug company would ever make a drug like that. You'd almost have to always carry a doctor's note times 10 with you then. Although that would be funny...."Diabetes rate Quadruples overnight as Crack like drug is released" | LOLOL, that was my initial thougth too Jedi!
Actually tho, Crack comes in 'rocks' and is generally smoked and sometimes injected, hun .... and NO, I've never done Crack, but have known quite a few people who have.
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
•••
[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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03-18-2007, 01:48 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,367
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Originally Posted by ladytaz Actually tho, Crack comes in 'rocks' and is generally smoked and sometimes injected, hun | Ok Ms. Picky, lol. I was thinking Crack Cocaine when I typed it, same thing, just different forms.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
03-18-2007, 01:55 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg Ok Ms. Picky, lol. I was thinking Crack Cocaine when I typed it, same thing, just different forms. | LOLOL ..... I'll just leave it at that! 
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
•••
[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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03-18-2007, 03:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 155
| | We had a drug rep in last week. When he heard I was diabetic he showed me how it worked-even make me practice with it. I told him I was asthmatic-so I couldn't use it. He said people with asthma CAN use it. That's what he said. The canister is mighty big! Beth 
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03-18-2007, 03:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 52
| | | I voted NO , I am not convinced it won't have effects on are lungs . Also the size of that inhaler tube . I did mention to a rep for the inhaled insulin that the size was a factor and he told me that people with diabetes that doesnt bother .( he didnt know he was talking to one )
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03-18-2007, 06:45 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sacramento California
Posts: 2,515
| | One 'Hit' isn't going to kill you or mess you up. Jeesh I feel like I am pushing crack. Usually when you try something you can get a better understanding of what the pros vs cons are.
If anyone here gets a free sample, heck send it to me. I'd give a can a try for the heck of it. And I promise I care about my safety just as much, if not more, then you do. So someone hook me up . What's a black market price for a can of exubra anyhow? lmao. |
03-18-2007, 07:06 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Western Australia
Posts: 315
| | | I voted maybe.. I'd probably give it a try. I'm not sure that it would be better for me than the pump, but I'd probably give it a go. Wonder if it tastes anything like insulin smells though?
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03-19-2007, 02:45 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England
Posts: 419
| | | i voted undecided, as the product is at the moment i wouldn't want to consider it.
the size of the thing is a major put off, i like beign able to carry a insulin pen with me as its convenient.
i think i would have a problem with the dosing and having to work out what I was supposed to be taking- although i'm sure with time it would come as easy as working out number of carbs.
if those problems were overcome (i'm sure they will), and if it was avaliable to everyone on the NHS and i could try it and change back to injections or swap between the two if i wished, then i don't see why I wouldn't give it a trial just to see what it's like. i imagine like the pump in the Uk it won't initally be widely avaliable.
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type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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03-19-2007, 11:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,263
| | LOL Brian....Maybe I should have voted maybe? My endo was interested in trying me on some, but I'm unsure. I didn't sign up for the trial yet, but have thought about it. The size doesn't really bother me. I'm just apprehensive due to the possibility of potential side effects down the line... Quote:
Originally Posted by cat_collector I voted NO , I am not convinced it won't have effects on are lungs . | I feel that developers, reps, researchers, etc., are not yet sure what side effects or lung function changes may occur after years of use. Even though some have not suffered from decreased pulmonary function, some have (however, functions returned to normal after use of the inhaled meds were stopped). As yet, it's just too new for me to be 100% sure.
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03-19-2007, 12:35 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,417
| | | I voted No.
I all for alternate means of insulin intake and anything where you don't have to punch a hole in you is going in the right direction. However, I just don't see inhaled insulin as becoming a better alternative to MDI. And on that note, I just don't see how it could improve upon pump therapy (there is just so much more control and less hassle). But it is something of interest for sure.
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