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    Freestyle Libre 3 use by/expiration dates

    Thanks, that is very useful to know.
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    Juggluco on Android. Who needs Libre3

    Thanks. It will be very interesting to hear as you use your watch over the coming days and weeks how long the battery on the Samsung watch 5 lasts on a single charge. Samsung claim the battery on the watch 5 can last up to three days without having to recharge the battery, but I wonder if that...
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    Juggluco on Android. Who needs Libre3

    Very interesting @Ipodlistener. Two questions. 1. Have you found that Juggluco will simply stop working for periods - sometimes for hours - seemingly for no reason? 2 Doesn't Juggluco drain the battery on your watch? Does the battery last three days as Ssmsung claim the watch 5 does now you...
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    Freestyle Libre 3 on android watch?

    Pleasure. Yes, the way the Freestyle Libre 3 app has become available across Europe is very strange indeed. The Libre 3 was first launched in Germany I think, and there I understand it was only available initially on iPhone but not Android. In the UK the Libre 3 app is available only on...
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    Freestyle Libre 3 use by/expiration dates

    Thank you! Very helpful indeed.
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    Freestyle Libre 3 on android watch?

    The 2018 EU geoblocking directive you mention, which generally bans the practice of geoblocking between EU member countries, has a number of exceptions. Usually there are policy, political, economic and/or social reasons why such exceptions are put in the legislation. For example, the...
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    Freestyle Libre 3 use by/expiration dates

    Hello If anyone is now using Freestyle Libre 3 sensors on a regular basis, after having used Freestyle Libre 1 or 2 sensors in the past, please would you be good enough to confirm if it is true that the "use by" or expiration dates that appear on the Libre 3 sensor packaging are shorter than...
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    Libre Freestyle

    Jawak, I am very sorry to hear your news and my thoughts are with you at this time.
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    Libre Freestyle

    jawak, I understand that what you have been told isn't quite correct. If you live in England the  only qualification now for having access to a flash glucose monitor (at least) such as the Freestyle Libre 2, or a real time glucose monitor (at best) is having Type 1 diabetes. If you really...
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    Vitamin C supplements and diabetes

    The following is posted on the Libre manufacturer's US website: Also, the below is posted on YouTube by the well known diabetes vlogger, Nerdabetic:
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    Vitamin C supplements and diabetes

    If you use the Freestyle Libre or Freestyle Libre 2 flash glucose monitors or a Freestyle Libre 3 continuous glucose monitor, you should be aware taking more than 500mg per day of vitamin C may affect the accuracy of the glucose readings you get from the Libre glucose monitoring system...
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    Libre 3

    I am sorry to hear about the supply issues you've had. Touch wood, I've been very lucky so far. My pharmacist has always managed to get stock in and when my sensors have been faulty Abbott have been able to provide a replacement within 5-7 days. At the moment I'm still waiting to get my usual...
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    Libre 3

    The press releases yesterday said Dexcom One.
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    Libre 3

    Yes, it will be fascinating to see what Abbott will do. They seem to have shot themselves in the foot (in the UK at least) by not having a real time cgm offering available on prescription and to buy privately at this time. And there are no prizes in marketing for coming second. I would still...
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    Libre 3

    Yes, the Libre 3 app is available to download on the Google Play store UK website and has been for a few months now. Not sure why there has been a delay in getting Libre 3 app for iPhone available on the Apple store UK website, particularly as German diabetics with iPhones have been able to use...
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    Freestyle Libre 3

    I also see in the smallprint on Abbott's website that taking salicylic acid (found in analgesics such as aspirin) may also affect accuracy of sensor readings. The smallprint on Abbott's website doesn’t mention what concentration of salicylic acid in the body is sufficient to affect readings. I...
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    Freestyle Libre 3

    Thanks Becca59 Just to clarify, I believe the US Food and Drug Administration has licensed the Libre 3 for use as a "standalone" continuous glucose monitor in the USA. The Libre 3 is not yet licensed in the US for use as a component part of an automated, or closed loop, insulin delivery...
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    Freestyle Libre 3

    You don't appear to be a fan of the Libre. I like it because it gives me lots of data about trends; how my body reacts when I eat certain foods; and how exercise affects my glucose levels. And to react accordingly. Most importantly, my body chemistry tolerates the sensor well and allows it...
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    Freestyle Libre 3

    I see there is some patent litigation going on between Dexcom and Abbott over the technology used in their products. I suspect this may have had a bearing on the launch of the Libre 3 in the UK.
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    Libre 3 app (UK version) racks up over 1K downloads

    Hello Emily Please may I ask (and assuming once again that you are based in England or Wales), have you been given the Libre 3 as part of a clinical trial of the product? How easy or difficult was it for you to persuade your attending diabetic clinicians to have the Libre 3?