Inhaled insulin: A “puff” than a “shot” before meals
Dick B. S. Brashier1, Anjan Khadka2★, Tejus Anantharamu1, Ashok Kumar Sharma1, A. K. Gupta1★ Corresponding author
- 1Sushil Sharma, N. K. Dahiya Department of Pharmacology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
- 2Department of Pharmacology, Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal Review Article.
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Anjan Khadka
Department of Pharmacology, Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal Review Article.
Received: 23-07-2014; Revised: 08-03-2015; Accepted: 15-05-2015.
Volume 6, Issue 3 · pp. 126–129 · PUBLISHED 2015 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.162013
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Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by relative or absolute deficiency of insulin, resulting in hyperglycemia. The main treatment of diabetes relies on subcutaneous insulin administration by injection or continuous infusion to control glucose levels, besides oral hypoglycemic agents for type 2 diabetes. Novel routes of insulin administration are an area of research in the diabetes field as insulin injection therapy is burdensome and painful for many patients. Inhalational insulin is a potential alternative to subcutaneous insulin in the management of diabetes. The large surface area, good vascularization, immense capacity for solute exchange and ultra‑thinness of the alveolar epithelium facilitates systemic delivery of insulin via pulmonary administration. Inhaled insulin has been recently approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is a novel, rapid‑acting inhaled insulin with a pharmacokinetic profile that is different from all other insulin products and comparatively safer than the previous failed inhaled insulin (Exubera).
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Brashier, D. B. S., Khadka, A., Anantharamu, T., Sharma, A. K., & Gupta, A. K. (2015). Inhaled insulin: A “puff” than a “shot” before meals. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 6(3), 126–129. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.162013