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New Basal Insulin for Type 2s

SamJB

SamJB

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Pump
Hi all,
I'm a T1 and normally post in their forum. My job is providing science consultancy services to pharmaceutical companies, I work in oncology, but a colleague of mine who works in diabetes was telling me of a new basal insulin for T2s only. Basically insulin does a load more things in the body other than getting glucose from your blood stream to inside the cells. One of which is regulating how much fat is created and stored. This new insulin does everything other than the fat creation/storage and is about to go into it's final stage clinical trial. I'd never heard of anything like this before - do other insulins like this exist?
 
Hi from someone local to you.
In answer to your question, no Im not aware but byetta was supposed to be the answer to those who put on too much weight.
Interestingly i think I may have a problem with my two seperate insulins?. type two on Lantus since december last year and eventually when 40 units failed to keep it under control This lack of control has been over 4 years since I was below
8 for a fasting reading.
I was given Apidra to add.Twice a day now and slowly Im turning into a vegetable.All the symptoms of ME (CFS).
Two days ago I stopped taking Apidra (because I overslept in the afternoon sleeping session)
Two days later Im feeling a bit better and dropping the level of Lantus.Readings are about as chaotic as usual so Im less than convinced of basal insulin at this moment.
I will keep watching out for any news though.I think My diabetic specialist has given up on me. :clap: :crazy: :thumbdown:
 
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