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Friday, December 25, 2009

Oral Insulin Capsule Created

Oral insulin, that’s a new way for taking the medication that‘s sorely needed. This is certainly good news for the millions of people who have diabetes. This method imitates the way the hormone is dealt with naturally by the body so it could become the first treatment option to take.

The treatment option for type 1 diabetes which is sometimes called juvenile diabetes is injection of insulin every day. It is different for type 2 diabetes which is the more common of the two types. Sometimes type 2 diabetes can be treated by diet and exercise. At times medication taken orally or insulin is needed.

Diabetes comes with serious complications so treating it is an option that should be taken seriously. Some of the complications that are linked to diabetes are blindness, kidney disease, heart disease and stroke but these can be avoided or at least delayed with diligent and persistent treatment of the condition.

CEO of Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., Nadav Kidron, said that the treatment option of taking a capsule would be top in the list for the diabetics so this biotechnology company that is based in Israel produced and patented this oral insulin capsule to mostly treat type 2 diabetes.

The delivery of new innovation has been in the minds of those connected with diabetes. Patients who have an aversion to needles will welcome this and of course this is also good for the developers of drugs because the insulin market is huge. So many have insulin resistance.

This capsule created by Oramed imitates the way the body processes this hormone in the way it is produced, regulated and distributed. What the capsule does is that it makes the insulin enter the liver from the gastrointestinal track. The liver then processes the hormone intake before passing it to the circulatory system.

Alas, the latest I could find on the result of the research on this issue was that the clinical trial was finished three months ago. I went to their website but nowhere could I find the result. They just displayed what they did, the inclusions along with the exclusions. Don't you worry; I won't stop looking until they find the best oral insulin.

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