Posted on 01/17/2019 10:45:35 AM PST by Red Badger
Maybe Chris Matthews actually has diabetes...............
CVS brand are about $21 per 100. Check the back of your receipt , you’ll score big on coupons or specials. The best is $5 off coupon and then $5 off for test strips, then on top of that a 40% discount on all . So you can buy 400 for the price of 200. Throw away your Omron strips, meter, Lancers. just too expensive to justify.,50 per strip when you can buy a different brand for > .5 per strip.
I gave an old friend several boxes. I always keep a 6 month stash of EVERYTHING; my meter broke, they gave me a new one that used different strips. She had a meter like my old one and is not very well off.
If they were priced reasonably (a buck or two per hundred, no way in Hades they need to cost more than that) it would be a non issue.
Now, don’t get me started on hearing aids- these $4000 ones can’t possibly cost more than a buck or two to manufacture.
Yep.
I can ‘guess’ my blood sugar to within a few points by how my feet feel.
I think you meant to answer Entropy12
I’m sure resale, though I’ve never talked to him.
I pay around $8 for 50 “Easy Touch” test strips at Sam’s.
That is a very good diagnosis of Mathews! You should have been a medical doctor..?
Bless your heart. And rest peacefully, little kitty!
The people who do this prickess with a sensor and a phone app will make billions.
Smartphone test could help you track glucose, without the pain:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/smartphone-test-could-help-you-track-glucose-without-the-pain/
Plus these apps:
https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/top-iphone-android-apps
https://www.everydayhealth.com/hs/type-2-diabetes-care/diabetes-apps/
All just apps to track data and the last one is still a lance type device that still requires a blood sample and sticking yourself.
The first one I have known about since it was announced but it has not yet matured into a product for sale. Their 2018 launch apparently did not materialize.
Probably waiting for FDA Approval, which could take years................
It is to be made in the UK and not available there either. But yes, if it is to be FDA approved it will take years to slog through the process and opposition by test strip blood drop device makers. Diabetes, especially Type II, is HUGE business. Ever wonder who sponsors research that causes the clinical norms to keep falling for Diabetes and High Blood Pressure?
If I make a device that tests for Diabetes and High Blood Pressure, I gotta make sure that there’s lots of Diabetes and High Blood Pressure..................
Just like:
If I have a political party that depends on votes from poor and uneducated people, I gotta make sure that there’s lots of poor and uneducated people..................
Diabetes test streets manufactured by Haagen Das and Hershey’s. Sweet!
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