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Post by kball on Mar 4, 2015 15:07:24 GMT -5
I'm in the camp that hopes for near unanimous praise from users of Afrezza, but my expectations are more in the 75%-80% of those that try it derive benefits and continue to rely/depend on it
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Post by mechstan on Mar 4, 2015 15:42:04 GMT -5
I'm in the camp that hopes for near unanimous praise from users of Afrezza, but my expectations are more in the 75%-80% of those that try it derive benefits and continue to rely/depend on it You don't need every diabetic in the world to use Afrezza in order for Afrezza to be the biggest selling drug of all time. Afrezza can be the greatest drug (even bigger than Lipitor, currently #1 biggest selling drug in history) of all time if one of the following occurs: 1. 30% of US diabetics use Afrezza. Currently there are around 30 million diabetics in the US 2. 15% of European diabetics use Afrezza. Currently there are around 60 million diabetics in Europe 3. 10% of US and European diabetics use Afrezza. US + Europe = 90 million diabetics 4. 3% of world's diabetics use Afrezza. Currently there are 370 million diabetics in the world As you can see, you need a very small percentage of the diabetics to use Afrezza in order to make Afrezza the greatest drug of all time. You don't have to convince every diabetic to use Afrezza. Inform them, but don't convince them.
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Post by cubonwallstreet on Mar 4, 2015 16:10:30 GMT -5
Inform them, and let Afrezza do the convincing.
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Post by robsacher on Mar 4, 2015 16:35:29 GMT -5
Reminds me of that story going around the music biz about Stevie Nicks paying a roadie to blow coke up her rectum when her deviated septum made snorting it impossible. Attachment Deleted
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Post by babaoriley on Mar 4, 2015 16:43:30 GMT -5
You made a decent point about the reviewer being legit, which I agree with. I've commented on the comments below. (I took out some of the quote for length purposes) Agree with all of your comments. I came away from the review thinking the following: - He's acting like a tough guy (calling being afraid of needles 'irrational') - He's super into fitness so his lungs are probably more sensitive than most of the population to pretty much anything. - He seems like someone who always likes to do things 'his own way' or act like he's smarter than other people - thus the stuff about 'fine tuning' and 'workarounds' - He seems like someone who would be a little pissed off if he reached out to a customer service department and felt snubbed All I'm saying is that I don't think he's lying, or some short seller in disguise. As I said above, I think the review by that user is absolutely genuine. Those are his experiences and his conclusions. Can't please everybody. However, I also consider whether the reviewer himself might be falling somewhat prey to his own brand of confirmation bias.
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Post by kball on Mar 4, 2015 17:16:09 GMT -5
Reminds me of that story going around the music biz about Stevie Nicks paying a roadie to blow coke up her rectum when her deviated septum made snorting it impossible. This really is a case study for reading contracts carefully!
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Post by spiro on Mar 4, 2015 19:31:19 GMT -5
It is my opinion, that at the present time, it would be very difficult for any new Afrezza user to develop a very strong opinion on the effectiveness or lack of, in such a brief amount of time since launch. The exception would be Afrezzauser or other individuals who participated in the trials. In Spiro's case, he had extensive blood work on 2/12, doctor visit on 2/20 and started on Afrezza 2/27. My early results are very encouraging, but I will contain my enthusiasm until I see the results of the 3 month followup A1C test.
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Post by babaoriley on Mar 4, 2015 20:03:08 GMT -5
It is my opinion, that at the present time, it would be very difficult for any new Afrezza user to develop a very strong opinion on the effectiveness or lack of, in such a brief amount of time since launch. The exception would be Afrezzauser or other individuals who participated in the trials. In Spiro's case, he had extensive blood work on 2/12, doctor visit on 2/20 and started on Afrezza 2/27. My early results are very encouraging, but I will contain my enthusiasm until I see the results of the 3 month followup A1C test. Spiro, stop being so level-headed immediately! Heck, you sound like Janet Yellin! It's annoying and out of character! What the hell have you done with the Crazy Spiro? Has the Afrezza muted the Crazy Spiro? Crazy Spiro was a hell of a lot more entertaining than, "I will contain my enthusiasm until I see the results of the 3 month followup A1C test." Three months? Hell, you might as well have just said "until 2018!" We have to survive another dozen or so Friday script days (can you even imagine) before we'll even know about the level of your enthusiasm? Probably another thirty or so hit pieces, eight bear raids, and fourteen margin calls before you tell us how excited you are, or what a dud Afrezza is. Did your fall off the wall jumble your brain? "Encouraged" ain't gonna cut it, Spiro. Are you doing this just because Liane called you a mean name - exuberant pumper, was that it? Geez, that's harmless, I've called you worse many times. She was just joking ( sure she was). You now seem determined to be reasonable, that's just not in your true nature, you are fighting within yourself, smoldering, eventually, you will pay the price for such internal conflict. Those opposing forces cannot be contained for too long, before something very bad happens. Didn't Lincoln say something about log cabins collapsing when they're in conflict? That guy knew what he was talking about! I mean, Spiro, if you're gonna post, post something outlandish. Afrezza's cured your gout, returned you to your sexual peak, made your eyesight 20/20, grew your hair, and made your arthritic pain a mere memory. That's what the people, your people, want to hear - give it to them, don't withhold - that's just another cheap psychological game! Baba out.
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Post by spiro on Mar 4, 2015 20:35:54 GMT -5
Baba you are absolutely right, Spiro has been intimidated by the false allegation of EXUBERANT PUMPING leveled against him by Liane. Spiro believes his credibility may have been compromised by Liane and that now people would not believe him, if he stated that his hemorrhoids have miraculously disappeared in 6 days. BTW, his arthritis is still there, but he has begun to regenerate lost brain cells. The side affects of Afrezza may be amazing, but he still wants to wait 3 month's to see blood results.
Spiro here
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Post by liane on Mar 4, 2015 20:39:34 GMT -5
I'm seriously doubting the brain cell regeneration claim.
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Post by spiro on Mar 4, 2015 21:13:47 GMT -5
Spiro is wondering if his improved glucose test results are due to the seasonal disappearance of Mallomars at the local grocery stores. Isn't it amazing that Nabisco can make Oreo's year round, but no, not Mallomars, they are gone now. This makes Spiro's blood boil.
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Post by babaoriley on Mar 4, 2015 23:48:25 GMT -5
I'm seriously doubting the brain cell regeneration claim. I don't know, Liane, I talk to Spiro all the time and he's talking faster and faster and making more sense than ever! He almost has me convinced we're going to be successful!
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Post by jpg on Mar 5, 2015 0:42:09 GMT -5
Did I get that right? Afrezza cures hemorrhoids! Wow.. Who could have guessed. Amazing really.
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Post by savzak on Mar 5, 2015 0:47:22 GMT -5
Did I get that right? Afrezza cures hemorrhoids! Wow.. Who could have guessed. Amazing really. I'm sensing a theme in this thread... Reminds me of that story going around the music biz about Stevie Nicks paying a roadie to blow coke up her rectum when her deviated septum made snorting it impossible.
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Post by jpg on Mar 5, 2015 1:35:14 GMT -5
Did I get that right? Afrezza cures hemorrhoids! Wow.. Who could have guessed. Amazing really. I'm sensing a theme in this thread... Reminds me of that story going around the music biz about Stevie Nicks paying a roadie to blow coke up her rectum when her deviated septum made snorting it impossible. This is getting stranger and stranger... I think we should ask Goldman's junior boy wonder (who follows only Mannkind it seems?) to give us more info about our company before we truly get lost down the road we seem to be heading... This could get ugly. PS: I have never seen a 'cocaine colonoscopy'. I think that story of Stevie Nicks must be made up? Or cocaine is harmless to the colon?
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