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3 July 2009 45 views 5 Comments

when you have type 1 diabetes can you use an inhaler to make the insulin go into your body?

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  • Roger K said:

    An insulin inhaler was on the market for a brief time a year or so in the past (at least in the US - don’t know if it was ever sold elsewhere). However, the sales of that device were not sufficient for the company to continue to sell it, so it was removed from the market.
    One of the problems was getting the dosage right. There were two dosage packs available. You put sealed packet into the inhaler device, which broke open the pack then you inhaled the resulting powder. If your insulin dose was more than was available in one of the packs, you would have to do that twice (or more) to get enough insulin.
    FDA studies prior to approval of this device showed that there was some impairment of lung function after using the inhaler. For most people, the degree of impairment was not enough to cause them to stop using it, and usually, lung function tended to rebound after longer term use. However, for people whose lung function was already compromised, this was a problem.
    So, right now, injections are the only way to get insulin.

    # 3 July 2009 at 8:55 am
  • celtic.p said:

    There have been a few studies on it.
    The technology works absolutely fine, it’s the dosing that doesn’t.
    Everyone’s lung tissue is different, especially those of us who’ve smoked, currently or in the past.
    The dose depends on how you breathe, how you inhale it, how absorbent your lung tissue is etc.
    Basically, they can get the insulin in there, it’s just hit and miss how much you are going to get.
    So it’s nowhere near safe.
    It won’t be in production or recommended for a very long time, if ever unfortunately.

    # 3 July 2009 at 8:55 am
  • Metal Bands said:

    yes there is an inhaler. i was almost in a study for one, however for type 1 the inhaler cant give very acurrate doses, like (units) 3,6,9,12, etc.

    # 3 July 2009 at 8:55 am
  • WP Robot modules said:

    no inhaler can not help you have to inject insulin in your body .

    # 3 July 2009 at 8:55 am
  • Nikole said:

    No, sorry. Injecting it is the best way. There are insulin pills out there but not that common.

    # 3 July 2009 at 8:56 am

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