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<blockquote data-quote="Robert_D" data-source="post: 1570500" data-attributes="member: 438009"><p>Interestingly this very website Diabetes UK gives the following information;</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>"NICE recommendations</strong></span></p><p>The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends that self-monitoring should be available for people on diabetes medication to help provide information to <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/Diabetes-and-Hypoglycaemia.html" target="_blank">avoid hypoglycaemia</a>, to assess fluctuations in blood glucose, to cope with periods of illness and to ensure against accidents during dangerous activities such as driving or operating certain machinery."</p><p></p><p> <u>"<strong>people on diabetes medication"</strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p><em>The reality for most type 2's is if you have had the condition for a number of years not using strips, you are unlikely to benefit from free strips if you are not on insulin and in most cases they are rationed in any event by most trusts <em>(more so)</em> for those just on metformin. (and even more so) and/or just diet interventions.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You appear to have medical conditions outside of just diabetes type 2 and <em>not being on any diabetes medications as you have stated in your signature, </em> may have a bearing on why you personally are treated differently to the bulk of type 2's which don't benefit by getting free test strips in the UK off meds. ....So well done to you sir as you have an understanding NHS Trust.that is open to prescribing free strips for "people on diabetes medication" or not as in your case..............</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert_D, post: 1570500, member: 438009"] Interestingly this very website Diabetes UK gives the following information; [SIZE=5][B]"NICE recommendations[/B][/SIZE] The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends that self-monitoring should be available for people on diabetes medication to help provide information to [URL='http://www.diabetes.co.uk/Diabetes-and-Hypoglycaemia.html']avoid hypoglycaemia[/URL], to assess fluctuations in blood glucose, to cope with periods of illness and to ensure against accidents during dangerous activities such as driving or operating certain machinery." [U]"[B]people on diabetes medication" [/B][/U] [I]The reality for most type 2's is if you have had the condition for a number of years not using strips, you are unlikely to benefit from free strips if you are not on insulin and in most cases they are rationed in any event by most trusts [I](more so)[/I] for those just on metformin. (and even more so) and/or just diet interventions. You appear to have medical conditions outside of just diabetes type 2 and [I]not being on any diabetes medications as you have stated in your signature, [/I] may have a bearing on why you personally are treated differently to the bulk of type 2's which don't benefit by getting free test strips in the UK off meds. ....So well done to you sir as you have an understanding NHS Trust.that is open to prescribing free strips for "people on diabetes medication" or not as in your case..............[/I] [/QUOTE]
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