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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I don’t doubt that there are many that won’t use the information gained to good effect, or perhaps won’t even test. The question then should be why not?The issue they have is that current guidelines are stating that. The nurses know that it could help, they also know there is a huge population in the diabetic community who it doesn't help. Those unwilling to make changes just get high readings and shrug. It's only a useful tool if you use it to make changes to your life and stick to them, other wise it's allot of expense that does not reduce the cost of medicine in the long run.
People who use this forum regularly are the ones who are working hard to change or maintain, but in the minority.
It's the standard 80/20 rule being applied and there is not limitless money to be applied so they don't do it.
The numbers will be solid even if I/we don't like it.
The part that sucks, is that it's another example of rules that work for people with disposable income, bit leaves those who don't have the money to spare to guess
Is it that they don’t want to make the necessary changes?
Or that they don’t know how to test for type 2 (as opposed to type 1 hypo avoidance and dosage purposes)
or they don’t know how to interpret and use the information
the first is hard to change. The latter two much much easier with a little simple education, firstly of those prescribing.
a three month limited prescription along with appropriate education would go an awful long way to solving the latter two problems and helping many more achieve or head towards remission
Or will the practices lose too much money in incentive and prescribing payments to do that!