It helped Warner-Lambert introduce the Lipitor cholesterol pill in 1997. In 1998, it introduced impotence drug Viagra, and in 1999 it helped Monsanto Co. introduce the Celebrex painkiller. Before signing up for the study, McGregor took insulin injections for about 36 years. She has broken many bottles of the liquid insulin needed for injections and spilled the contents of others, problems that don't happen with the foil-packaged inhaled insulin powder. McGregor said she sometimes uses it as a handbag, adding her lipstick, credit cards and cell phone.
Convenience is only one of the benefits.
I had to practice for a week injecting oranges at the hospital after I was diagnosed. I was still terrified when I got home. That fear of needles keeps many patients from taking insulin when they have a choice. For patients like McGregor, there is none. She has Type I diabetes, in which the pancreas doesn't produce insulin at all.