Alternatives to injecting insulin (type 1 diabetes)?

Inhaled insulin has kind of faded to the background. Great idea, just doesn't seem to work as well as the injections.

Insujet seems an interesting option. The big question is whether it's covered by insurance.

http://www.insujet.com/

Another option to reduce "sticks" is an insulin pump.

Good luck.

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Alternatives to injecting insulin (type 1 diabetes)?

I've been type 1 diabetic for about 6 months now, using nova rapid and lantus pens with needles. I've read that there is a thing called insujet and that it is even possible to inhale the insulin. Does anyone know of any other alternatives and what there personal preferences are.

Unfortunately for type 1 diabetes, you need to inject insulin! I have been diabetic for 15 years now, since a young age and have always injected insulin, both nova rapid and lantus. However I am also now on a tablet called Metformin which means you don't have to inject more insulin, but you still need to inject. I am now on 5 injections a day, rather than doing more doses each time or having to inject more. However the best option is too speak to your doctor/gp about this first. You can also try the insulin pump if your diabetes is stable in which with this you don't have to inject all of the time but you have to go into hospital for it to be inserted and trained how to use it. However I prefer normal injections as to me personally they are alot easier. Once again I would advice seeing your consultant about this. I hope I have helped slightly, and all the best for the future :)

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I've been type1 for nearly 4 years, I also inject novorapid, humalogmix 25 and levemir :)

I've never heard of inhaling, but if you want, you could ask your doctor for an insulin pump, it's essentially 1 injection every 3 days :)

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Since you are a type 1 diabetic, you need insulin to survive. If you do not like rapid acting insulin, you might want to try Dr. Bernstein's diet. You can order his diet book from www.amazon.com. It is a difficult diet to follow, but you might not have to inject rapid acting insulin and hypoglycemia will not be a problem.

There is a lot of stuff on the internet that is basically fat-shaming diabetics for causing their own diabetes with their bad diet and lack of exercise and general lack of moral fibre. A lot of this stuff is written by non-doctors, often with a supplement or diet or training plan to sell that they claim will completely cure diabetes if only people stick to it.

I read this interesting book https://tr.im/rRaPg that gave me a lot of useful tips about my disease and also a different perspective on the best therapeutical approach. I think you should read it too.