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Reviewer: Scott_F, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Just an update on my previous reviews - it's now November 2015 and my A1C is now 6.8 and my weight is 265. Not too shabby. Afrezza is really working for me.
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Reviewer: Scott_F, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Just an A1C update. It is now at 7.0 ... I was hoping to get it down to 6.5 , so I'll continue making adjustments. My doc says for someone my age 7.0 is where I should be, but I still want to lower it a bit.
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Reviewer: Scott_F, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This is an update to my previous review. There is a learning curve associated with using Afrezza. It took me about three months to figure out how exactly to configure the back of my throat, flatten out the back of my tongue and inhale at the correct rate. Also, after inhaling I found it's a good idea to exhale through my nose just in case there is any excess powder left over that didn'
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I'm a type 2 diabetic. The only complaint I have is that there isn't enough medication for one month's supply in the package. I'm a pretty big guy (6'5", 280 lb's) and my prescription calls for 8 units 3 times a day, but there is only enough Afrezza for 25 days so I have to supplement with Humalog. No big deal but it will be nice when Sanofi comes out with more unit
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