What new ways of taking insulin was approved by the FDA for diabetes?
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Exubera is a new rapidly-acting, dry-powder, inhaled form of insulin that was recently approved by the FDA for both type 1 and 2 diabetes. If you wish to look this up, it is a product of a collaboration between Pfizer and Nektar Therapeutics.
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Yes, there are several of these out there. Most pharmaceutical companies (the companies that make diabetes medictions, insulin, etc.) offer these. Also, check with your local health department for their resources. \n\nI work for a health district in Virginia and we currently have a billfold insert card from the American Diabetes Association. I would be glad to mail you a few of these if you would be willing to provide me with an address. \n\nMy email address is lindsey_osborne@yahoo.com. Let me know if you are interested. \nGood luck and best wishes...
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Here is a helpful website, hope it is helpful:\n\nhttp://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/prev/prevention.htm
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Well, your better off taking the insulin for now because the surgeries are expensive as hell and time consuming. They have isilets of langerhan transplants and pancreas transplants, they have insulin pump transplants and insulin pump therapy. All but the insulin pump therapy requires you to take drugs 6 months in advance to shut down your immune system to ready yourself for a transplant and then you have a 60% chance of rejection if your lucky enough to get a pancreas to begin with so if your ready emotionally, physically, and finacially to go through with it good luck, like i said just get a bottle of insulin and some syringes and tough it out.
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Do NOT use insulin that has been frozen. Some insulins are made to release slowly, others immediately. Once it's been frozen the structure will have been altered. Fast acting insulin may not work or be unpredictable. Those longer acting insulins might be released more rapidly or not at all. Throw it out and get a new vial.
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My father used insulin from pork (we are Jewish) that was all that was available for him at the time.  He was okay with it.  I am a type 1 diabetic and I would if I had to, but my current insulin's do not come from pork.  There are 3 different types of Jews, reform (what I am) Conservative, and Orthodox.  The Orthodox are the extreme ones and would more then likely compromise their health before taking any medications with pork product.
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Pricing is declining, although most of the people rely on insurance or Medicare to purchase this kind of stuff and buy them directly to the manufacturers (prices between 3,000 to 6,000 USD!). Also expensive matter are the accesories or the insulin itself you need afterwards.  Today about 300,000 insulin pump users in the world.\nTry in some webpages for more info.
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Not a one. There is a widespread back of the mind conviction among many that there exists an entire alternative medical structure (ancient knowledge, traditional approaches, ...) which offers cures or treatment ordinary medicine does not. That's a false belief, by and large. Any natural cures which worked as well as ordinary medicine would be quite prominent indeed and wouldn't remain alternative for very long. \n\nconsider, in the case of diabetes alone, that a plant long known to help with diabetes (goat's rue) is the source of Glucophage (metformin) and the biguanides generally. Gila monsters (the poisonous lizard from the N American SW desert) is the source of a new diabetes drug nearing approval and release for clinical use. An herb, used in cosmetics because it makes the pupil larger in small doses, is the source of digitalis, still one of the primary drugs in cardiovascular medicine. \n\nThe common sorts of diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2) is a condition without a cure. And it's a real pain literally and figuratively. There is a lot of quackery and snake oil om consequence. so far, diabetes related research has earned 4 Nobel Prizes, and any advance as effective as some of the advertising claims about 'traditional' cures or treatments would be high on the eligible list for another. \n\nWe now understand diabetes about as well as we understand broken legs. There's little treatment for a broken leg aside from setting it, splinting it, treating it carefully, and waiting. And for good reason. Likewise there's good understanding of what's going on in diabetes (type 1 and type 2) and what would be needed to fix them (mostly). We can't do that yet, just as we can't get a broken leg to mend in a couple of days. And that's the state of the art in diabetes treatment, alternative included. \n\nSomeday, there'll be a cure... Would save a bundle of money and a lot of nuisance. Support diabetes research and encourage those with research money to assign some to diabetes.
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Here is a great web site you can compare various kinds of pumps. Best Wishes..\n\nhttp://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_technology/insulin_pump_models.php
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People with Diabetes have a Pancreas that either produces very little or no insulin. People with type 1 diabetes take insulin and this can come in many forms... I am a type one diabetic and i have been since my 12th birthday (7years ago) (late birthday present!!) I started off on 2 injections a day which was a basic insulin called Mixtard 30 which was awful as I was at more risk of Hypoglacaemia's aka "Hypo's" (a low blood sugar) I am not on 2 short acting insulins and Glargine (a 24hour long acting insulin) which i find is much easier to manage with fewer hypo's.\n\nType 1 Diabetics do not produce enough or no insulin at all so they have to fully compensate their body by injecting insulin! (this tends to be people under the age of 40 years old or people over that age who are very poorly controlled on their Type 2 medication which is tablets, then they will be transfered onto insulin injections.\n\nType 2 Diabetics have a pancreas that will produce insulin but in small amounts or when it is not needed. The tablet medication they take shall cause the pancreas to regulate and produce insulin when required (after eating a meal) (this is why the tablets should be taken before a meal to get a chance to work).\n\nThere are many types of insulin and there are many types of tablets for diabetic patients and the main thing that people forget is that when you have a cold or feel ill go to a pharmacy and  please remember that your diabetic medication may interact with some medications that you can buy in stores so i would reccommend that it is best that you go to a pharmacy and seek proffessional advice and not just buy a cough medicine or expectorant from a superstore as the P medicines ONLY SOLD bechind a pharamacy counter are stronger!
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The Best Diabetic Diet...\n\nUntil only recently, experts thought that sugar was to diabetics what kryptonite was to Superman.  But the understanding of diabetes has progressed faster than a speeding bullet, and with that comes sweet news for people with the disease.\n\nIf you¹re a diabetic, it's OK to have a cookie for dessert or accept a slice of Aunt Mabel's fruitcake. In fact, according to the guidelines of the American Diabetes Association, which were first revised in 1994 and most recently in December 2001, you can eat just about anything you like.\n\nThere's a caveat, however: You need to pay attention to your diet as a whole and monitor your blood sugar level two hours after meals to see whether any individual food elevates it.\n\nStill, there is no longer any such thing as a "diabetic diet."
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Glucagon...that's why they sell glucagon pens you can be injected with in cases of extreme hypoglycemia.
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Throw it out. \n\nIt's true that many medications can be used beyond their expiration date, and in fact they are often shipped to third world countries where they are sorely needed.\n\nUnfortunately, insulin loses its potency more quickly than most drugs. If it isn't potent enough to control your blood glucose you could potentially end up in the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis.\n\nPlay it safe. Get some fresh insulin. You and your health are worth the effort.
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i am a severe diabetic and this advice is the best. dont listen about sugar free snacks...they still have carbs and that is what messes up diabetes. CARBS. listen, ask your doctor about the insulin pump by medtronic mini-med. it saved my life and i feel like i am cured from that crazy disease. keep your head up
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obesity.  Insulin makes you gain weight.  Exercise after you eat and drink lots of waters. Check your levels and then do the corrections with your insulin.  You will give yourself less insulin.
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It can be used for diabetes or pre-diabetes.  It has been used for pre-diabetics for weight loss.
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There are many supplements that will help your diabetes. However giving what they are is not allowed here because of solicitation rules in place. One for example is Grape seed extract for circulation, there is one patented version I prefer that is six times more potent but any will help some.