Oral Insulin for T2DM: Unique Advantages
- vs. Other Oral Hypoglycemic Agents
- Physiologic therapy
- No “non-responders” to insulin therapy
- Mechanism of insulin well understood
- Insulin long-term safety well established
- vs. Other Insulin Delivery Approaches
- No special instructions or devices
- By far the patients’ route-of-choice
- Portal delivery mimics normal physiology
- Avoids systemic hyperinsulinemia
- Low risk of hypoglycemia
- Frequent home glucose monitoring and dose adjustment not required