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Mouth Spray Works Faster
An insulin mouth spray works Faster and seems to be just as
effective as insulin injections, a new study shows.
The insulin mouth spray is a product Called Oral-lyn from Generex
Biotechnology in Toronto. A small group study in Israel indicates
that might make life easier for some people with type I and type 2
diabetes that need insulin.
The study shows that the insulin mouth spray works faster than
insulin injections. The beauty of it, it can be taken just before
eating and just after eating, that’s a very fast insulin. It is
regular insulin, which ordinarily is slow, but when sprayed into
the mouth , it gets into the bloodstream very quickly, they noted.
When a healthy person eats a meal, blood sugar levels go above
normal. This triggers the release of a hormone – insulin – which
brings done sugar levels back down again, This crucial mechanism
is missing in people with type 1 diabetes and doesn’t work well in
people with type 2 diabetes.
Self-administered insulin injection offer control over spiking
blood sugar. But it’s tricky. The insulin injections has to be
taken ahead of mealtime. And because insulin levels don’t go down
as soon as blood sugar is under control, a person may have to
snack to avoid a blood-sugar crash.
And there’s another issue. Many people, especially children with
type I diabetes, dead having to take frequent insulin shots.
The Oral-lyn study, in Jerusalem looked at seven healthy
volunteers. At different times, the volunteers took various doses
of Oral-lyn ranging from five to 20 puffs or a placeco spray. They
also received one injection of regular insulin.
The bottom line: Oral-lyn started working faster-and quit working
sooner – that injections of regular insulin. The more puffs of
insulin people sprayed into their mouths, the more insulin they
had in their blood.
Insulin is one of the great breakthroughs for modern medicine.
It’s already saving untold numbers of lives. While the Oral-lyn
product looks promising, many other products are working their way
through clinical process.
A lot of imaginative ways have been come up with to get insulin
the body, if they work out, it will be up to the individual person
to decide what form is most convenient, they advise.
