# New way to inject insulin

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-way-to-inject-insulin/6507>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-way-to-inject-insulin/6507 "2019-02-08T14:19:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![ckat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ckat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ckat)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-way-to-inject-insulin/6507/1 "2019-02-08T14:19:22Z")

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> **[An ingestible self-orienting system for oral delivery of macromolecules](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6427/611?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=ab0f5c8765-MR_COPY_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-ab0f5c8765-150705157)**
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> Oral delivery is the simplest and least invasive way to deliver many pharmaceuticals, but many drugs and medications, including insulin, cannot survive passage through the stomach or the gastrointestinal tract. Abramson et al. developed an ingestible...

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**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-way-to-inject-insulin/6507/2 "2019-02-08T14:34:10Z")

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Very interesting concept, but I can’t see myself using it.  
I wonder how long term use affects the stomach wall and if there is any risk of damage to the intestines if one of these SOMAs malfunctions.