This is why they try and add enteric coating. They do it with meds as well as supplements. The insulin that is available in a cartridge inhaler is called Afrezza and although convenient sounding it has side effects for many and as Graham stated is quite wasteful. I have read that Sanofi has stopped making it.

@A DiabetesTeam Member it is "always" best to get what we need from food.

We digest and use it more efficiently then the vitamin capsules. And that is the ongoing aim of the Vitamin companies - finding a way to make their product (more digestible) because we just don't get "much" of the product if you take it as a supplement.

They were having exactly the same problem with Insulin that they were trying to dispense with an inhaler (just like an asthma puffer).

You had to inhale 10 units for every 1 unit that actually got absorbed - talk about whining about insulin costs with that one 😀

And that's the thing - our bodies want to "suck" vitamins and minerals out of food and it wants to do it "it's way" - you toss down a capsule and the stomach acid starts to burn it up and the uptake percentage goes way down.

I just started using afrezza and did not know that this was out on the market.

Unless recommended, I would not take supplements. For example, as vegetarian B12 is suggested. It is acceptable and doesn't
t bother my stomach, I take it.