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Exubera Blows It Exubera Blows It

Exubera, the inhalable insulin, has been, to speak bluntly, a real bomb. Pretty much the entire diabetic population can say with honesty that they never inhaled.

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Take a Deep Breath! Take a Deep Breath!

If you have ever dreamed of taking your insulin without needles, your dream came true on January 27, 2006. That was when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Exubera (insulin of human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder for treatment of adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

comments 0 comments - Apr 1, 2006 - Not Yet Rated

Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum) Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum)

Holy basil, or Ocimum sanctum, is an herb native to India and is regarded as one of the most important plants used in Ayurvedic medicine.

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Asthma Slows Inhaled Insulin Absorption

Research presented September 10 at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes suggests that people with diabetes who have asthma absorb less insulin than non-asthmatic people with diabetes when the drug is inhaled rather than injected.

comments 0 comments - Nov 1, 2001 - Not Yet Rated

Arm Yourself for the Cold and Flu Season

It's that time of year again—the cold and flu season—when millions of people run to their medicine cabinets for relief.

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Type 1s Have a Greater Chance of Getting Asthma

Researchers in Norway found that people with type 1 diabetes may have increased chances of developing asthma, as stated in the February 24 issue of the Lancet.

comments 0 comments - May 1, 2001 - Not Yet Rated

Oral Insulin Being Tested—Insulin Sprayed Into Mouth

On May 10, Generex Biotechnology Corp. of Toronto announced it has commenced long-term, phase II clinical trials of its oral insulin. The trials will be conducted in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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Companies Try to Leave Each Other in Inhalable Insulin Dust

Two more contenders have stepped into the ring in the fight for inhalable insulin. Eli Lilly and Company and Dura Pharmaceuticals, a supplier for respiratory conditions, are financially uniting efforts to achieve inhalable insulin. Using an undisclosed sum from Lilly, Dura will try to suit its technology for a dry powder inhaler (DPI) for use with insulin.

comments 0 comments - Dec 1, 1998 - Not Yet Rated

Waiting to Exhale... ...but Don't Hold Your Breath

Before eating lunch at a restaurant, Jim loads his foil packs of insulin into a device about the size of a large flashlight. He then presses a button which releases a cloud of insulin into the clear chamber of the device. He takes a slow, deep draw of powdered insulin into his lungs.

comments 0 comments - Aug 1, 1998 - Not Yet Rated