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Adult Americans with diabetes will soon be able to take an inhaled version of insulin to help manage their blood sugar levels.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the inhaled insulin, marketed as Exubera, on Friday.

The original article can be found at: http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/01/27/insulin-inhale060127.html

The original article can found in the Media Doctor archives.

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This article, while it informs people about the potential of an inhaled form of insulin, does not mention or discuss any evidence of benefit or advantage over injectable insulin.

Although, in theory patients may prefer to inhale insulin, whether or not they choose this form of treatment will likely depend on cost, convenience and tolerability issues. There is a brief mention of some potential adverse effects of this agent.

It is hard to see how a story on this treatment (which has been approved in the US and Europe) benefits Canadians when the treatment is neither approved nor available in Canada and we have no information on cost or comparative safety of the treatment.

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