Since we're revving up on Afrezza around here, I did some research to learn how Mannkind encasulates insulin into a dry powder, and how it works to release the insulin when in contact with the alveolar membrane in the lungs.
Found this article on seekingalpha.com which gives a pretty good, not too gobbledygook-science-speak, description of the new tech.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2560405-mannkind-technosphere-is-the-real-game-changer
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For the science geek, here's all the scientific detail, linked by the seekingalpha article:
I just want to see people like you Dave who’ve promised to eat more normally on it. I feel that I eat just about like a nomral person now, usually 60-100 carbs each meal, don’t deprive myself of too much ever, and I manage to keep A1C in the 5s. Part of me wonders if split boluses on Afrezza would be necessary or not (to substitute the dual wave we do with our pumps now)? I thought that the dual wave was to combat the liver dump that occurs long after carby meals digest. If that’s the case and Afrezza causes the liver to no longer dump glucose into the bloodstream hours later, maybe a second puff wouldn’t be necessary? I doon’t care, if I have to take a second puff after every meal, so be it. I’ll keep watching all of you good folks do this a while longer and see what happens.