Here is good news for all the patients who are suffering from diabetes. Your daily insulin injections that cause a lot of pain could be a thing of past now. Here is a relief for all the diabetic patients, currently the scientists are developing an insulin pill that could help patients to maintain the blood sugar level. Someone who is suffering from type 1 diabetes can take this pill.

 

 

Diabetes management, which includes scientists from all over the world working on these insulin pills from last few years. If it will be successful, then it would help millions of diabetic patients who use insulin injections daily for controlling blood sugar level.

If given a choice to patients to take the pills or injecting with a needle, they always prefer taking the pills rather than injecting with a syringe.

According to the report, about 40 million people around the world has type-1 diabetes. All of them take painful needle prick once in a day to provide the insulin to the body which the body fails to produce on their own.

The new pill approach carries insulin in an ionic liquid comprised of choline and generic acid that is put inside the pill with an acid resistant enteric coating.

 

Statement of Samir Mitragortri, a Professor at the Harvard University

“Once ingested, insulin must navigate a challenge obstacle course before it can be effectively absorbed into the bloodstream”.
“Our approach is like a Swiss Army Knife, where one pill has tools for addressing each of the obstacles that are encountered.”

The most significant advantage of the pill is the enteric coating which is biocompatible. It is easy to manufacture and can be stored up to more than 2 months at room temperature.

The polymer coating of the pills gets dissolved when it reaches to the more alkaline environment of the small intestine. It’s the place where the ionic liquid which is carrying by the insulin pill is released.

 

 

If it is successful, then it will be boon for all the patient as it’s the easiest way to provide the insulin to the body instead of injection.