54yrs T1, survived despite best efforts of NHS and Novo ,

[CarbsRok]

I know that they have been fighting hard to keep animal insulin on the market, and I totally respect that, as some diabetics clearly have the need. Even forwarded several diabetics to the English company producing the animal insulin. But their language and one-sided views as in this report in very aggressive terms are not balanced in any way. But that is maybe required for them to be heard somehow, as recognize they are up against some strong industry players.

This Report brings all the issues together in one concise and explicit document in order to draw the attention of everyone with an interest in the welfare of people with diabetes. The aim is not to recount history but look forward to developing ways of protecting the best interests of people with diabetes who need and deserve treatment that is based on evidence of benefit while at the same time, being cost effective.
philip corfman, former director, center for population research, national institutes of health, and reviewing Medical officer, food and drug administration, usa
IDDT did not write the report.

 

[Celsus]

As someone who has both gained and lost weight (managing to get back to the weight I was twenty years ago in the last six months) and never used animal insulin, I suspect that a large amount of the issues with weight have much less to do with insulin than many people think.

As said, not a single properly conducted clinical trial has shown any evidence what so ever that insulin type vs any other type was cause for weight gain.
Conspiracies do unfortunately die hard when first out on the open Internet, no matter how blatant the hoax may be.

 

[Celsus]

This Report brings all the issues together in one concise and explicit document in order to draw the attention of everyone with an interest in the welfare of people with diabetes. The aim is not to recount history but look forward to developing ways of protecting the best interests of people with diabetes who need and deserve treatment that is based on evidence of benefit while at the same time, being cost effective.
philip corfman, former director, center for population research, national institutes of health, and reviewing Medical officer, food and drug administration, usa
IDDT did not write the report.

Sorry CarbsRok, but you are wrong.

The former director you mention above, wrote the foreword to the report.
However...
Jenny Hirst was the sole author and wrote the report back in October 2007.
She was at that time and still is Co-Chair of the IDDT organisation.
Her son Martin is the CEO of same organisation.
And IDDT was the sole publisher of this report.

 

[brendan101]

Hi CarbsRok,

Thanks for your insightful link on iddt. I spoke to Jenny on the phone this morning at length about my treatment regime with Humalog and of the side effects I experience. They are exactly the same as one the above link! OMG! Anyhow Jenny told me the story of her daughter etc and I could see parallels. Many will know me as being a user of Afrezza, MannKind's new inhalable insulin which I am but I cannot get it presently due to cost and it is not available here. Animal insulin is though so it might be worth looking at in the interim!

 

[CarbsRok]

Hi CarbsRok,

Thanks for your insightful link on iddt. I spoke to Jenny on the phone this morning at length about my treatment regime with Humalog and of the side effects I experience. They are exactly the same as one the above link! OMG! Anyhow Jenny told me the story of her daughter etc and I could see parallels. Many will know me as being a user of Afrezza, MannKind's new inhalable insulin which I am but I cannot get it presently due to cost and it is not available here. Animal insulin is though so it might be worth looking at in the interim!

Hi Brendan, very pleased the link was helpful and hopefully it will help you to gain better health.

 

[JRW]

Absol

JRW Pre diagnosis your body was not working at its most efficient , now you are running it at it full capacity and hopefully everything is working as it should including your whole metabolism so perhaps 14st 5 is your ideal weight, at 6ft 3 it sound quite good!

My pancreas was screwed over by a single episode of acute extreme pancreatitis which is the reason why my pancreas has stopped producing insulin. For 34 years prior to this the pancreas worked fine, and my weight was lower, artificial insulin is the difference.