Here is a complete refutation of all shorters and bears arguments:
An independent doctor and his patient on WGEM TV endorsed an inhaler that is exactly like Afrezza but did not say Afrezza. The TV station is WGEM in Quincy, ill which covers tri state area. Here is the link to the Video.
www.wgem.com/story/28716872/2015/04/03/tri-state-area-doctor-works-to-spread-awareness-about-new-insulin-inhaler-for-diabeticsIf I were short I would be buying all the MNKD shares and calls I could afford before opening on Monday. Wait!! It's too late for that. Mabe shares in the preopen.
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QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) -
Diabetics now have the option to take their insulin without any needles by using a device called an insulin inhaler. A Tri-State doctor says it's groundbreaking for diabetics.
Quincy Medical Group Dr. Korhan Raif says this is the first widely available inhaled insulin, which he says makes insulin use much easier. Raif says insulin helps people control their diabetes, but he also says painful injections with needles can cause patients to not take their insulin. Raif says the inhaler can limit the needle injections to one a day.
Raif says these insulin inhalers have only been out for the last two months.
Quincy 18 year old Sydney Wellman was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old.
For the past six years, she's had to inject herself with up to five painful needles a day just to get her insulin, which she desperately needs.
"You can just break your insulin and there's no shots or meters," Wellman said. "You don't have to stick something on you for a continuous amount of time."
Wellman says she's been on the new insulin inhaler for the past week. She says before the inhaler she would skip insulin doses because the needle would hurt.
"If I skip my insulin, then I go into DKA and end up in the hospital and I'm really sick and that's not good," Wellman said.
Raif says this is the first widely available insulin inhaler.
"I think it's really going to help with compliance," Raif said. "I think the other thing is you're going to probably going to have a less weight gain. You're probably going to have a little bit less hypoglycemic. People are probably going to be in the ER a little bit less."
Raif says the cost of the inhalers are about the same as the injections. He says most insurance providers will cover the costs.
"Inhaled insulin is very rapid," Raif said. "You inhale it and eat your meal, and by the time you're done with your meal, the insulin is out of your system. So, it's less likely you're going to have a low blood sugar episode."
Raif says the insulin inhaler is only available for people over the age of 18.
QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) -
Diabetics now have the option to take their insulin without any needles by using a device called an insulin inhaler. A Tri-State doctor says it's groundbreaking for diabetics.
Quincy Medical Group Dr. Korhan Raif says this is the first widely available inhaled insulin, which he says makes insulin use much easier. Raif says insulin helps people control their diabetes, but he also says painful injections with needles can cause patients to not take their insulin. Raif says the inhaler can limit the needle injections to one a day.
Raif says these insulin inhalers have only been out for the last two months.
Quincy 18 year old Sydney Wellman was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old.
For the past six years, she's had to inject herself with up to five painful needles a day just to get her insulin, which she desperately needs.
"You can just break your insulin and there's no shots or meters," Wellman said. "You don't have to stick something on you for a continuous amount of time."
Wellman says she's been on the new insulin inhaler for the past week. She says before the inhaler she would skip insulin doses because the needle would hurt.
"If I skip my insulin, then I go into DKA and end up in the hospital and I'm really sick and that's not good," Wellman said.
Raif says this is the first widely available insulin inhaler.
"I think it's really going to help with compliance," Raif said. "I think the other thing is you're going to probably going to have a less weight gain. You're probably going to have a little bit less hypoglycemic. People are probably going to be in the ER a little bit less."
Raif says the cost of the inhalers are about the same as the injections. He says most insurance providers will cover the costs.
"Inhaled insulin is very rapid," Raif said. "You inhale it and eat your meal, and by the time you're done with your meal, the insulin is out of your system. So, it's less likely you're going to have a low blood sugar episode."
Raif says the insulin inhaler is only available for people over the age of 18.
