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falubiii t1_iw5dp8n wrote

Perhaps useful for long acting insulins, but I assume the delay in entering and being absorbed in the GI tract would make this pretty infeasible for short acting insulins, which comprise the majority of shots for type 1 diabetics at least.

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macncheesee t1_iw6ysw9 wrote

Not sure how quickly it would be absorbed. But even rapid acting insulins like Novorapid take 2-3 hours to take full effect.

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falubiii t1_iw7a9hy wrote

That’s not really a good way to describe it. They start taking effect much sooner and their action is usually finished by ~3 hours. For stopping blood sugar spikes, the faster it begins working the better.

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lizzie1hoops t1_iw6wchz wrote

Right, for a type 1 diabetic it's difficult to see how this would work. If you use an insulin pump, it provides a basal rate of insulin delivery as well as bonuses, as needed. Would the idea be to take an oral long-acting insulin as well as pills of short-acting insulin as needed? At some point, this becomes a lot of pills.

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