News for Diabetics

FDA Approves First Inhalable Insulin to Treat Diabetes FDA has approved Exubera, the first inhaled form of insulin. Exubera offers a potential alternative for the more than 5 million Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics in the United States who take insulin injections. Many diabetics require insulin treatment to control levels of sugar in the blood, which helps ward off serious complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, and nerve damage. Exubera is the first new delivery option approved since insulin was discovered in the 1920s. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2006/NEW01304.html