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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Mar 7, 2024, 05:40 AM Mar 2024

Ground-breaking OTC glucose monitor, Stelo, gets FDA nod for Type 2 diabetics [View all]

Source: WOAI-TV San Antonio

Wed, March 6th 2024 at 7:40 PM


The FDA has approved the first-ever over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor for Americans with Type 2 diabetes.

Stelo works with a smartphone app to monitor, record, and analyze blood sugar levels.

The device maker says an estimated 25,000,000 non-insulin-dependent diabetics could benefit from continuous glucose monitoring.

The sensor is worn on the back of the upper arm, replacing the need for finger pricks.

Read more: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/instagram/ground-breaking-otc-glucose-monitor-stelo-gets-fda-nod-for-type-2-diabetics-medical-people-helping-health-sugar-community-needs



Link to FDA NEWS RELEASE - FDA Clears First Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor
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I need one of those! Aussie105 Mar 2024 #1
other than over the counter lapfog_1 Mar 2024 #2
This was apparently done for "health equity" purposes BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #3
Does Freestyle Libre 3 require finger prick? onetexan Mar 2024 #4
no... all of these devices use a little attached almost flat disk attached to your arm lapfog_1 Mar 2024 #10
Thank you! I have wondered about this. Hekate Mar 2024 #17
Article says it should cost less for those whos insurance doesnt mitigate the costs quakerboy Mar 2024 #6
Great... I know that the two on the market now are expensive lapfog_1 Mar 2024 #11
Better price is a superb feature quakerboy Mar 2024 #19
Is the cost of both (either) covered or offset by insurance? Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #5
Mine is covered by my insurance... but there is still a copay lapfog_1 Mar 2024 #12
That's great! I hope it stays that way * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #16
great ShepKat Mar 2024 #7
Have you looked at the federal government's "Lifeline" program BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #8
I have the reader... I got one with the first set of two monitors ( 1 month ) lapfog_1 Mar 2024 #13
I figured that was the main difference BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #14
Little ray of sunshine, aren't you? You *think* this is the case, so no one should have it? Hekate Mar 2024 #18
not at all ShepKat Mar 2024 #33
Why? quakerboy Mar 2024 #32
eyesight, that's why ShepKat Mar 2024 #34
I can see an always on monitor Aussie105 Mar 2024 #9
It was a game change for a family member ZERTErYNOthe Mar 2024 #20
I used to use a CGM.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2024 #15
Seeing the impact of what you eat in real time TexasBushwhacker Mar 2024 #21
Well, darn NanaCat Mar 2024 #22
Unless you are very unlucky and hit the rare nerve on insertion 99% of the time you wont even notice it. cstanleytech Mar 2024 #23
And you would be wrong NanaCat Mar 2024 #25
Oh I feel regular needles in the arm just fine but when I wear my Dexcom which is on my abdomen I almost never do. cstanleytech Mar 2024 #28
The sensor needles are so fine they can bend! Lars39 Mar 2024 #24
My lancets are also thin enough to bend NanaCat Mar 2024 #26
You feel the delivery of the sensor filament Lars39 Mar 2024 #27
Unless of course your very unlucky and hit a nerve but since I use the abdomen I almost never do that. cstanleytech Mar 2024 #29
I hit a bleeder once.. Lars39 Mar 2024 #30
Ya, those can be frightening but they stop fairly quickly at least. Messy though. cstanleytech Mar 2024 #31
If it stays in, I feel it NanaCat Mar 2024 #35
These aren't much thicker than a hair. Lars39 Mar 2024 #36
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