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Methods of treating diabetes mellitus

  • US 20030050228A1
  • Filed: 02/13/2002
  • Published: 03/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating diabetes mellitus in a patient in need of such treatment, said method comprising:

  • orally administering an effective amount of an insulin polypeptide derivative to the patient within one hour of ingestion of a meal by the patient in order to treat diabetes mellitus in the patient, wherein the effective amount of the insulin polypeptide derivative is administered so that it provides an insulin drug concentration in portal vein blood between about 10 and 1,000 U/ml within about 60 minutes of administration.

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