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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brendan101" data-source="post: 1042074" data-attributes="member: 179417">Hi Ruth,Thanks for your comment.  As I have said before, every diabetic is different and doses are dependent on many factors some of which you have highlighted in your second comment above.  I sent a link above from Diasome and it is well recognised that an insulin dependent diabetic injects more insulin than an equivalent non diabetic produces each day.  Some of the reasons for this is covered in the link above.  That said it's quite feasible that an insulin dependent diabetic could survive on 30 units a day but it could be argued that this is 10 units more than what they would need if they were producing endogenous insulin.  The average non diabetic produces between 20 and 40 units a day.This thread does not relate to the inhalable insulin Afrezza.  I am referring to injectable Humalog/Novolog that's available over here.  I have not used Apidra but I understand it has a similar profile.  I have used Afrezza inhalable insulin and have had a life changing experience with it in terms of my energy levels soaring and feeling of wellness as I generally don't feel well a lot of the time despite having a good HbA1c of 6.2%.  I have discussed Afrezza in another post on here. My weight was also much better and I ate only when hungry.  My appetite was less.  There is no need to carb count or worry too much about exact dosing with Afrezza because the body is able to process Afrezza in a similar way to the insulin that used to be made by the pancreas where the liver balances the BG level.   I had non diabetic levels and was in range as the insulin is super fast acting and clears the symptom within an hour so no lows or rebounds later.  I had much less low BG too.  This was without trying too much either.  All of this was liberating.</blockquote>

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