• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Pardon me, but, Mr Rose, can you please tell me… What fucking better treatments?

    My brother is T1D and he’s been like that since his teens. Literally the only way for him to continue to live, at all, is to take insulin.

    It’s times like this that make me thankful I don’t live in the USA.

    But seriously, if anyone knows of a “better” treatment for type 1 diabetes, I’m all ears. I’ve been looking for something for my brother for years, and I’ve come up with jack shit.

    • theneverfox
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      9 hours ago

      Basically they’ve come up with insulin analogs that are faster acting, ones that are longer lasting, and even ones that “lock” themselves so they can’t be absorbed without a high enough presence of glucose

      Here’s a paper comparing a bunch of them. I’m no expert and it’s a deep rabbit hole, but there are a bunch of options, each with their own trade-offs