"Achieving long-term blood sugar control "often requires either an insulin pump or a...multiple-injection insulin regimen," Dr. Marcia A. Testa, of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and a colleague write. "However, use of the pump has been limited by its cost, required technical expertise, and the relative paucity of health care providers trained in its use." In addition, patients dislike multiple-injection regimens."

"In the current study, the researchers assessed treatment satisfaction and quality of life in 120 teens and 207 adults with type 1 diabetes who were randomly assigned to use inhaled or injected insulin for blood sugar control. The subjects were followed for 24 weeks."

"The authors report that patients in the inhaled insulin group had a greater increase in overall treatment satisfaction than did those in the injected
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