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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1712678" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>No prescription needed. Not covered by insurance (I'm in the UK, so we're NHS, they've not even heard of it). It's not a monthly cost. I bought mine about 9 months ago for a single one-off cost of $110 plus $25 shipping and it is still working fine. I just replace the cheap cr2032 watch battery every couple of weeks to keep it going. It's just a bit of electronics - an nfc reader and bluetooth aerial - I don't know much about electronics but there doesn't seem to be anything on it to wear out, apart from maybe the on/off button, so I wouldn't be surprised if it lasts for a few years.</p><p></p><p>Their website is confusing and needs to be updated. They appear to offer two products, blucon nightrider and blucon trans-am. I've got the re-usable nightrider version. They need to remove the stuff about the trans-am version: they're not actually selling it as far as I'm aware - it was meant to be a single use waterproof version which only lasted 14 days, but the monthly cost was ridiculous so it's not surprising that no-one bought it.</p><p></p><p>The nightrider isn't waterproof (because of the battery cover) so needs to be taken off for showers but it's not a big deal - I just use a cheap sticking plaster, some use armbands.</p><p></p><p>It's a no brainer for me - my local NHS area has just started doing libre on prescription so I'm getting full cgm functionality on a par with dexcom for nothing apart from that single one-off cost of £96.</p><p></p><p>I started a thread about it which has more detail:</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1712678, member: 374531"] No prescription needed. Not covered by insurance (I'm in the UK, so we're NHS, they've not even heard of it). It's not a monthly cost. I bought mine about 9 months ago for a single one-off cost of $110 plus $25 shipping and it is still working fine. I just replace the cheap cr2032 watch battery every couple of weeks to keep it going. It's just a bit of electronics - an nfc reader and bluetooth aerial - I don't know much about electronics but there doesn't seem to be anything on it to wear out, apart from maybe the on/off button, so I wouldn't be surprised if it lasts for a few years. Their website is confusing and needs to be updated. They appear to offer two products, blucon nightrider and blucon trans-am. I've got the re-usable nightrider version. They need to remove the stuff about the trans-am version: they're not actually selling it as far as I'm aware - it was meant to be a single use waterproof version which only lasted 14 days, but the monthly cost was ridiculous so it's not surprising that no-one bought it. The nightrider isn't waterproof (because of the battery cover) so needs to be taken off for showers but it's not a big deal - I just use a cheap sticking plaster, some use armbands. It's a no brainer for me - my local NHS area has just started doing libre on prescription so I'm getting full cgm functionality on a par with dexcom for nothing apart from that single one-off cost of £96. I started a thread about it which has more detail: [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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