Rectal application for insulin
This one is a couple of weeks old, but was simply too funny not to pass on. It seems that Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced the addition of two provisional patents for -- I kid you not -- a suppository application for insulin!! I almost fell out of my chair from laughter when I read this -- its much funnier than insulin toothpaste.
Several other message boards online featured a variety of comments about this news item, which ranged from "this invention stinks (can you guess why?)" to "I wonder if its politically correct to dose insulin suppositories in public?". Everything but the cure, huh?!
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on -
Ouch! :)
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Permalink Reply by George Simmons on -
Um.....wow.......um.......hmm......really?
Talk about making diabetes a pain in the....um...
No comment! LOL
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on
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I hadn't seen this in a while. Thought I'd "bump" it in the forum, so other members could have a laugh too. :)
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Permalink Reply by Chloe on
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It's great to know they are keeping our egos in check. Someone should give it to them in the rear!
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Permalink Reply by Doris Ann Dickerson on -
That's just downright halirious! And I agree with you everything but a cure! Will the scientist ever figure that it might help if they come up with that one?
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Permalink Reply by lane jaeckle santos on -
(apologetically shrugs) We're trying...!
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Permalink Reply by Alison on
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oh that would go over so well with my son lol, and he also hates getting his teeth brushed!
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Permalink Reply by Jenny on -
This probably would be used for debilitated nursing home patients who can't swallow and have fragile skin.
I have been spending some time with extremely old people in a nursing home-type situation and all I can say is that we folks with diabetes should thank God we aren't likely to live into our 90s. There are families around who pray daily that their loved one WILL have a heart attack to end the misery of their existence. But they don't. People can live for many years minus brain function subjected to indignities you never dreamed possible.
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Permalink Reply by M on
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OMG!!
I haven't laughed like that in ages. I'll stick to my injections, thank you very much!!
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on
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It had been a while since I saw this. It always makes me laugh! :)
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Permalink Reply by Jan on
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Forget about rectal delivery systems, LOL! Though I suppose they are investigating for quick absorption of insulin..... Whatever happened to Oral-lyn, sprayed into the cheek, absorbed very quickly from the mucous membranes of the mouth into the bloodstream. It was supposedly going to be released in Ecuador and India. Claimed to be superior to injected bolus insulin because of speed of absorption. And, for those still on MDI, no shots for meals, just spray.
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