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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2591735" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>They are indeed a broad brush so fine detail is not feasible. They convey a general condition and can be used to detect trends and also rogue meds or diet items. I have successfuly used them to adjust medication dosage and fine tuned my diet but worrying on a daily basis is a waste of energy. I have even detected fake meds with mine, and also discovered that Sukkarto is not a direct replacement for Metformin since the coating on the pills does not dissolve in the same way and the pills were coming out unchanged and my sugar levels rose because I was not benefitting from the substitution to a cheaper brand. </p><p></p><p>I am not an insulin user, so I am not so dependant on a meter for treatment, but I raise the question - if the meters are useless what else is there? Even the lab testers are +/- 5% and they get calibrated to a titrated solution every day. How much do you trust the speedometer on a car compared to a radar trap? Or your bathroom scales?</p><p></p><p>I have not mentioned other problems with meters, such as out of date strips, flat batteries, mucky fingers, sugar alcohols and cosmic rays that can affect their accuracy outside of the intrinsic accuracy. I personallly use two meters in parallel and take the average of the readings. This allows me to detect when a meter is faulty or I have a gross misread. As it happens, I am currently awaiting a replacement meter for one that I found was going rogue on me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2591735, member: 196898"] They are indeed a broad brush so fine detail is not feasible. They convey a general condition and can be used to detect trends and also rogue meds or diet items. I have successfuly used them to adjust medication dosage and fine tuned my diet but worrying on a daily basis is a waste of energy. I have even detected fake meds with mine, and also discovered that Sukkarto is not a direct replacement for Metformin since the coating on the pills does not dissolve in the same way and the pills were coming out unchanged and my sugar levels rose because I was not benefitting from the substitution to a cheaper brand. I am not an insulin user, so I am not so dependant on a meter for treatment, but I raise the question - if the meters are useless what else is there? Even the lab testers are +/- 5% and they get calibrated to a titrated solution every day. How much do you trust the speedometer on a car compared to a radar trap? Or your bathroom scales? I have not mentioned other problems with meters, such as out of date strips, flat batteries, mucky fingers, sugar alcohols and cosmic rays that can affect their accuracy outside of the intrinsic accuracy. I personallly use two meters in parallel and take the average of the readings. This allows me to detect when a meter is faulty or I have a gross misread. As it happens, I am currently awaiting a replacement meter for one that I found was going rogue on me. [/QUOTE]
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