Oral insulin: time to rewrite the textbooks

After almost 100 years, evidence is now available that insulin can be administered orally in such a way that it can provide equal glycaemic control compared with subcutaneous insulin in people with type 2 diabetes—at least in the specific setting of the trial presented by Inge Halberg and colleagues 1 Halberg IB Lyby K Wassermann K Heise T Zijlstra E Plum Mörschel L Efficacy and safety of oral basal insulin versus subcutaneous insulin glargine...