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Post by sportsrancho on Mar 6, 2020 22:06:47 GMT -5
I know he was still still speaking to Matt at the hospital two weeks before he died about strategy going forward ...it blindsided him when SNY gave the drug back.
It’s amazing how long we’ve all been here...7-10-12 years! And we still seem to be fighting🤣 I mean really, why? Sometimes it just depends on what day it is the mood people are in:-) When you’ve got the greatest drug and the lousiest stock it just makes people crazy I think.
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Post by sweedee79 on Mar 7, 2020 12:50:40 GMT -5
Our health Care system is way behind IMO.. this isn't the only circumstance I've come across in my own personal life where I've realized this and taken things into my own hands... It's our SOC.. and it's about money.. who has the most.. and big insurance!!
Everything changes so slowly it is infuriating!!
When I go to the doctor now I no longer listen blindly.. I do listen to what they have to say respectfully.. but then I do research and maybe find a different doctor.
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Post by Charlie on Mar 10, 2020 14:12:52 GMT -5
golfeveryday "my son waits until after he eats to take his dose most of the time. Limits multiple post meal doses. He was also in the diabetic honeymoon period and using Afrezza so he had to adjust over time. He raised his tresiba dose little by little which helps and he did go from 4 units to 8 units for some meals. A lot can adjust as they go due to how fast acting it is. Humalog and novolog just simply hang around so long diabetics eat to counteract the insulin where Afrezza is so fast they need to adjust their thinking to dose to counteract their food/sugar." I would think in part it could be how fast a person eats with regard to your son. My son eats quickly; 1/3 the time that I do. So what Peppy's charts show that the Afrezza peaks quickly with food intake and then trails off. I was of the understanding that Afrezza getss up to where the glucose starts to peak, when Afrezza slows down the maybe caps the glucose from rising higher and escorts the glucose down to acceptable range targets. (if you dose correctly). I'm now taking a mid meal test to evaluate how to find balance. Tonight was a large meal with my son. The 24 units I took was a miscalculation when mid way my reading was 55. Had a few pieces of dried fruit and was back up to 127; but when the time elapsed the Afrezza of my system my final # was 94. Pretty damn cool resolve to too low of a # which included surf & turf and a med. russet potato. I'm feeling more confident daily that I'm getting a handle on this. Blows me away that the share price on this huge advancement is at a buck and a quarter! People just don't know. Including many people in the medical community. I sure hope it's soon than late that this Dream Boat delivers the momentum and excitement many of us feel. Being a stock holder is one thing. Knowing the success of the medication personally is an amazing affirmation. Charlie - welcome to the world of MannKind and afrezza. I think it would be fair to say that the lack of sales success of afrezza "Blows" most long-timers on this board away. Al Mann once told me he believed afrezza would be the greatest selling drug of all time. Al was not wrong about much but was always years ahead of the market with everything he did. I still think Al was correct. Its not clear to me from your posts if you are using some type of CGM. Its a huge help dialing in afrezza and after 1 to 3 months most T2s have no great need for them but in the beginning they make things so much easier. I got my first Libre on Ebay from Germany before they were readily available in the US. In working with new afrezza users I recommend they do an AGP with the Libre and keep a food log before they take their first puff of afrezza. That provides the baseline to dial in the afrezza. Over time there is a good chance you should see your insulin resistant decrease if you are keeping your 2 hour PPG under 140 and your FBG under 100. A good daily walk and a few less carbs will only help too. I wish you the best with your afrezza experimentation. Hey! Sayhey24 thanks for the welome! I think many of us (long timers) would concur that Al was way ahead of his time; just as we were as investors. "what could possibly go wrong?" with a drug that is superior and requires no injections? I purchased the majority of my share around 2013; well before the 1 for 5 split and continue to research daily. Having averaged down I now have more shares that I did before the split. By doing this my average price went down for 30.00 to 8.00. We can only make the best choices that we can that are available at any given time. I don't want to use a BGM because I use a spa daily and to be totally honest I don't want the medical records finger printing my every bite. So I am on manual control now averaging 3.2 tests daily. Being a wild man; I test the extremes (sometimes) to evaluate my boundaries and limitations. I'm getting better results than I was when I was under dosing; but now am seeing some small percentages of higher highs and lower lows. It won't be long before the government decides to chip everyone to replace the "real ID"; but until that time I am guarded about what the medical establishment gives to the insurance companies which may have a real affect on individual compliance with consideration to how patients are charged and controlled for what they might consider "ones own best interest". Yep. I don't mind being reminded that I should exercise, watch what I eat, etc. But, I hate having to be accountable that turns an individual into a statistic and tries to govern what they can do because they have a genetic / activity / consumption profile on each and every individual in their system. Best to You SayHey |
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Post by porkini on Mar 10, 2020 14:40:44 GMT -5
Our health Care system is way behind IMO.. this isn't the only circumstance I've come across in my own personal life where I've realized this and taken things into my own hands... It's our SOC.. and it's about money.. who has the most.. and big insurance!! Everything changes so slowly it is infuriating!! When I go to the doctor now I no longer listen blindly.. I do listen to what they have to say respectfully.. but then I do research and maybe find a different doctor. [ offtopic ] We used to have prescriptions filled, or sent, from our provider to our "preferred" pharmacy. Something changed and the few prescriptions we needed filled began jumping erratically in price with our insurance coverage. It became apparent to me that getting the prescription printed out on paper so I could check online or call or carry it around to different pharmacies to shop the price was a better option. I have since annoyed one or two pharmacists, after explaining that I am simply looking for the best price, and they insist on starting with my insurance info, when I refuse to accept the 2X, 3X, or 4X higher price through my insurance and request them to use the GoodRx price for their location. They also act a bit dumbfounded that a customer would actually insist on this, IDKW. [ / backontopic ] |
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Post by ktim on Mar 10, 2020 15:03:49 GMT -5
Our health Care system is way behind IMO.. this isn't the only circumstance I've come across in my own personal life where I've realized this and taken things into my own hands... It's our SOC.. and it's about money.. who has the most.. and big insurance!! Everything changes so slowly it is infuriating!! When I go to the doctor now I no longer listen blindly.. I do listen to what they have to say respectfully.. but then I do research and maybe find a different doctor. I think it can be summed up that it takes a lot to convince doctors that are comfortable doing what they and their peers have been doing in the past, and a vast majority of patients actually do what their doctors recommend... and of the small fraction like you that take things into their own hands, some still get roadblocked by insurance. |
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Post by prcgorman2 on Mar 10, 2020 22:47:38 GMT -5
Data and coverage. Data and coverage. I’m sensing a pattern emerging.
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Post by joeypotsandpans on Mar 15, 2020 22:25:15 GMT -5
Just an fyi: today I took Afrezza that's been in my laptop bag in varying temperatures for close to two years...I went to meet a friend for brunch and realized I left my little zip pack home that I normally carry on me in my pocket. It worked same as always...it never ceases to amaze me!! 😉
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Post by alethea on Mar 16, 2020 8:36:55 GMT -5
Just an fyi: today I took Afrezza that's been in my laptop bag in varying temperatures for close to two years...I went to meet a friend for brunch and realized I left my little zip pack home that I normally carry on me in my pocket. It worked same as always...it never ceases to amaze me!! 😉 I don't refrigerate mine when I get it. It works perfectly nonetheless.. |
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Post by ktim on Mar 16, 2020 10:30:16 GMT -5
Too bad MNKD believes they couldn't get approval for room temp storage. It's certainly useful feature, just one a vast majority of patients will never know about.
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Post by goyocafe on Mar 16, 2020 11:02:26 GMT -5
Too bad MNKD believes they couldn't get approval for room temp storage. It's certainly useful feature, just one a vast majority of patients will never know about. First you have to convince the “CEO” that it’s a benefit. |
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Post by ktim on Mar 16, 2020 11:08:05 GMT -5
Too bad MNKD believes they couldn't get approval for room temp storage. It's certainly useful feature, just one a vast majority of patients will never know about. First you have to convince the “CEO” that it’s a benefit. In the past they addressed it in a call and, paraphrasing from memory, said the FDA requirements couldn't be met. That would indicate they do believe it has benefit and thus looked into how to do it. I think management has made some missteps, but not everything is necessarily their fault. |
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Post by mango on Mar 16, 2020 13:31:47 GMT -5
MannKind has been, however, pursuing FDA Approval on Advanced Expiration Dating and so we should hopefully see that this year.
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Post by agedhippie on Mar 16, 2020 14:13:40 GMT -5
MannKind has been, however, pursuing FDA Approval on Advanced Expiration Dating and so we should hopefully see that this year. Any idea what is Advanced Expiration Dating is? I looked on the FDA web site and there is nothing that matches. The nearest I could find was Expiration Dating Extension which may be it. |
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Post by mango on Mar 16, 2020 15:13:43 GMT -5
MannKind has been, however, pursuing FDA Approval on Advanced Expiration Dating and so we should hopefully see that this year. Any idea what is Advanced Expiration Dating is? I looked on the FDA web site and there is nothing that matches. The nearest I could find was Expiration Dating Extension which may be it. Honestly, no clue. Figured it was probably just a significant extension on the expiration date for the packages? It may have been touched on this past call or two, but it was in a recent slide... |
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Post by mango on Mar 16, 2020 15:19:15 GMT -5
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