rojo - I'm not sure, but the reason they inject it as opposed to ingest it orally is because it wont do what its suppose to unless injected. Whether it just doesnt work or whether it can cause complications I couldnt say.
gangadharan nair - Human insulin is a peptide hormone composed of 51 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 5808 Da. It is produced in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Unlike many medicines, insulin currently cannot be taken orally because, like nearly all other proteins introduced into the gastrointestinal tract, it is reduced to fragments (even single amino acid components), whereupon all insulin activity is lost. There has been some research into ways to protect insulin from the digestive tract, so that it can be administered orally or sublingually. While experimental, several companies now have various formulations in human clinical trials. Insulin is usually taken as subcutaneous injections by single-use syringes with needles, via an insulin pump, or by repeated-use insulin pens with needles.
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rojo - I'm not sure, but the reason they inject it as opposed to ingest it orally is because it wont do what its suppose to unless injected. Whether it just doesnt work or whether it can cause complications I couldnt say.
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ReplyDeletegangadharan nair - Human insulin is a peptide hormone composed of 51 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 5808 Da. It is produced in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
ReplyDeleteUnlike many medicines, insulin currently cannot be taken orally because, like nearly all other proteins introduced into the gastrointestinal tract, it is reduced to fragments (even single amino acid components), whereupon all insulin activity is lost. There has been some research into ways to protect insulin from the digestive tract, so that it can be administered orally or sublingually. While experimental, several companies now have various formulations in human clinical trials.
Insulin is usually taken as subcutaneous injections by single-use syringes with needles, via an insulin pump, or by repeated-use insulin pens with needles.
Nana Lamb - Insulin is a hormone and the digestive system kills its use! This is why we must inject!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely nothing would happen other than you might slake your thirst a tiny bit.
Gary B - Nothing.
ReplyDeleteInsulin is destroyed by stomach acids.
That is why insulin must be INJECTED, and there are NO insulin pills.