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Diabetics who rely on glucose monitors are alarmed by recall linked to 7 deaths
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Lee Duna lemmy.nz throws_lemy@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-30
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HootinNHollerin lemmy.dbzer0.com HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-08
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collapse_already lemmy.ml collapse_already@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-11-29
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Mine likes to give me low blood sugar alerts in the middle of the night, but I feel fine. I have had actual real low blood sugar, so I feel like I have a valid point of comparison. So I ignore the alarm. Then in the morning, the stupid device has revised the reading and doesn't show that it ever dropped low. Thanks for waking me up and stressing me out. The first time it happened I checked it with my pin prick meter and determined that the libre was wildly inaccurate (revised data in the morning actually was pretty close to the pinprick reading).

Still happening with my post recall meter, so I don't think they have fixed it.

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Smeagol666 mander.xyz Smeagol666@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-07-25
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I have one because it's what Medicaid will pay for. I don't think I've had any trouble yet, but for the first month or two, I always double checked with my ReliOn Premier whenever it read too high or too low.

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Smeagol666 mander.xyz Smeagol666@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-07-25
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I have one because it's what Medicaid will pay for. I don't think I've had any trouble yet, but for the first month or two, I always double checked with my ReliOn Premier whenever it read too high or too low.

Also, without Medicaid, the sensors would run $89 a piece, which only last 15 days.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Also, without Medicaid, the sensors would run $89 a piece, which only last 15 days.

these CGM are very expensive because of that, and they arnt that accurate to begin with compared to a glucose strip monitor for blood because they only measure interstitial fluid and not blood.

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