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<blockquote data-quote="Member496333" data-source="post: 2045184"><p>I don’t know about easier. In terms of glucostability I imagine it will take a fair bit of practice to get right, especially safely. It will, however, almost certainly be more effective.</p><p></p><p>But - there’s always a but - it won’t make the glucose disappear. It will forcibly remove it from the blood, sure, but it will cram it into tissues that are already overburdened with too much. Research suggests that insulin resistant people taking exogenous insulin to do not experience better long term health outcomes, despite having apparently better control. </p><p></p><p>One must remember that T2DM is not a disease of too much glucose in the blood. That is merely the symptom. The cause is too much glucose in the tissues/nerves/organs and too much circulating insulin trying to keep it there. Using yet more circulating insulin to push yet more glucose into the body is not an ideal treatment, in my opinion. </p><p></p><p>It should be added however that there are very few black & whites in this business. Many insulin resistant diabetics also become simultaneously deficient over time, in which case they may have no choice other than to inject. Quantity and effectiveness of your own insulin is paramount. If you have plenty but it’s not really working, then injecting some more isn’t going to do you much good in the long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Member496333, post: 2045184"] I don’t know about easier. In terms of glucostability I imagine it will take a fair bit of practice to get right, especially safely. It will, however, almost certainly be more effective. But - there’s always a but - it won’t make the glucose disappear. It will forcibly remove it from the blood, sure, but it will cram it into tissues that are already overburdened with too much. Research suggests that insulin resistant people taking exogenous insulin to do not experience better long term health outcomes, despite having apparently better control. One must remember that T2DM is not a disease of too much glucose in the blood. That is merely the symptom. The cause is too much glucose in the tissues/nerves/organs and too much circulating insulin trying to keep it there. Using yet more circulating insulin to push yet more glucose into the body is not an ideal treatment, in my opinion. It should be added however that there are very few black & whites in this business. Many insulin resistant diabetics also become simultaneously deficient over time, in which case they may have no choice other than to inject. Quantity and effectiveness of your own insulin is paramount. If you have plenty but it’s not really working, then injecting some more isn’t going to do you much good in the long term. [/QUOTE]
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