Comments on: Exubera: A total failure http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/exubera-total-failure.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Megan http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/exubera-total-failure.html/comment-page-1#comment-77937 Megan Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/exubera-a-total-failure.html#comment-77937 I have a friend of a friend who I have never met, but aforementioned friend tells me she is on exubera. The only reason she uses it is lipoatrophy on her injection sites and she's using it to take a break from her pump to let that subside. I have a friend of a friend who I have never met, but aforementioned friend tells me she is on exubera. The only reason she uses it is lipoatrophy on her injection sites and she’s using it to take a break from her pump to let that subside.

]]> By: kath http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/exubera-total-failure.html/comment-page-1#comment-77896 kath Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/exubera-a-total-failure.html#comment-77896 However, I actually know someone who is on Exubera and loves it. For her, I'd hate to see it discontinued. However, I actually know someone who is on Exubera and loves it. For her, I’d hate to see it discontinued.

]]> By: RJS http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/exubera-total-failure.html/comment-page-1#comment-77885 RJS Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/exubera-a-total-failure.html#comment-77885 Across a half dozen pharmacies and talking with well over a dozen pharmacists, I can say safely say that I have NEVER seen Exubera prescribed. Across a half dozen pharmacies and talking with well over a dozen pharmacists, I can say safely say that I have NEVER seen Exubera prescribed.

]]> By: Megan http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/exubera-total-failure.html/comment-page-1#comment-77874 Megan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/exubera-a-total-failure.html#comment-77874 I go to the biggest diabetes center in my city and my endocrinologist told me they don't have a single patient on it. I have a pump that will deliver doses by the 20th of a unit, why would I want an inhaler that will go in 3 unit increments? The whole thing is overly complicated (ie, one foil is 3 units, but 2 are 5?), big (it's a frickin' bong), expensive, and impractical. I couldn't have predicted anything but total failure. <br/><br/>I think what people need to realize is that the needles aren't the problem when it comes to treating diabetes, it's the whole package. I go to the biggest diabetes center in my city and my endocrinologist told me they don’t have a single patient on it. I have a pump that will deliver doses by the 20th of a unit, why would I want an inhaler that will go in 3 unit increments? The whole thing is overly complicated (ie, one foil is 3 units, but 2 are 5?), big (it’s a frickin’ bong), expensive, and impractical. I couldn’t have predicted anything but total failure.

I think what people need to realize is that the needles aren’t the problem when it comes to treating diabetes, it’s the whole package.

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