My teenage son has had type 1 diabetes for two years and is doing well. However he wants to try the new insulin inhaler but his endocronolgist doesn't want to prescribe it yet and we'll go along with that decision.
Has anyone been prescribed the inhaler and if so, have you had good results with it?
Thanks
2006-12-01 10:05:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
I've read up on it and seen the local trials being promoted. I personally have an aversion to it. Surely, subjecting your sinus cavities and lungs to insulin hormone for long term can't be good for those tissues. They weren't meant for that type of use. Perhaps I am wrong, but I won't risk long term damage to parts of my body which are critical to me staying alive. I can't see how you could deliver insulin with a great deal of accuracy using that method, either.
Someone above suggested an insulin pump. Having used one for five years now, I will warn you that it is not any less rigorous a regimen than insulin shots. You still have to insert a needle, though less often, and it is constantly connected. If you do it right, finger testing frequency will increase. Having said that, the pump does allow much more flexibility and tighter control. The programmable basal will more closely simulate how your insulin was meant to be delivered. It takes some work, but I would never go back to shots. Your son might find this useful reading:
http://www.minimed.com/pumptherapy/kids/index.html
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/pumps/
2006-12-02 15:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by Joe D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 03:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would most definitely NOT recommend the insulin inhaler and most especially for a type 1 diabetic. Absorption of nasal insulin has been in the works for decades and although it is now available the amount absorbed into the body is simply too varied. Orally inhaled (into the lungs) insulin is in development and theoretically this should work better but the standard for type 1 diabetics is the combination of long acting basal (glargine or detemir) and rapid acting (aspart or lispro) prandial insulins.
2006-12-02 06:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by john e russo md facm faafp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-17 23:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by Freddie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 08:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I haven't tried it but like the others I've heard of it but the way I understand it is that it's a short acting insulin and I cannot take them I have a real sever reaction to them. If the Dr won't prescribe it it may not be good for your son. Talk a little more to him and see what he says about it. The Dr. I mean.
2006-12-02 01:50:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am sixteen i've had diabetes practically my whole life and i've heard about the insulin inhaler, but being totally honest, the whole idea kind of freaked me out.
I think u should just listen to ur son's doctor
2006-12-02 01:57:31 · answer #7 · answered by Penguin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't ever heard of it. But if he doesn't want to take shots anymore, talk to him about an insulin pump. I have one and I like it a lot better than the shots because you only have to stick yourself with a needle every three days.
2006-12-02 01:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Danielle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't tried it, but have heard it. I thought it was still in the works of fine tuning. My endochronologist said it wasn't available to the public yet. He's one of the top in the world. I have had it since I was 3 and am 27. I hope they come out with it soon. Good luck to your son, its a pain in the *** disease, but it could always be worse.
2006-12-01 10:14:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi
I have been a diabetic for 22 years and just found this website about 3months ago. This is a great website for diabetics.
http://www.diabetesforums.com/
2006-12-01 16:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by carpet guy 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋