4 hours ago
Interesting… though seems to be limited to basal insulin doses. The basal/bolus paradigm using pens or pump (both injections) can’t really go away without a ‘smart’ insulin that stays in the bloodstream, inactive, and only reacts to changing glucose levels.
5 hours ago
but what about for meal times? we'd have to apply lotion again?
4 hours ago
Yea, I think this is a bit half-baked. Either the journalist doesn’t know how diabetes is treated with insulin therapy, or it’s meant for people with T2D who are only on a basal dose (unsure how common that is).
There are ‘classic’ insulins like intermediate/regular that act over longer duration and are meant to be taken once a few times a day. Though they’ve generally been phased out with the rapid+long acting approach because that matches insulin needs of the body better.