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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 3 app (UK version) racks up over 1K downloads

    According to Google's Play store the UK version of the Freestyle Libre 3 app has been downloaded over 1,000 times. Even assuming some brand new users of the Libre 1 and Libre 2 may have downloaded the Libre 3 app by mistake, that number of downloads suggests some of us must be using the Libre 3...
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    Freestyle Libre 3

    Hello Has anyone in the UK had a meeting with their diabetes consultant yet to discuss whether they should have the Libre 3? If yes, how did the meeting go? Was it difficult or easy to persuade your consultant that you should have the Libre 3? If your consultant said you couldn't have the...
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    Freestyle Libre 3

    Good morning I see the manufacturer has now uploaded a number of videos on You Tube about using the Freestyle Libre 3 which appear to be directed at prospective users in the UK and Ireland. Does anyone have any intel on: 1. Who will be able to use the Libre 3 in the UK? 2. Whether the Libre...
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    Libreview app acting strangely

    Over the last couple of days I've received a "Scan Error" multiple times on my smartphone from the Freestyle Libre Libreview app. The thing is, I haven't tried to scan my Libre 2 sensor at the time, nor has my smartphone been anywhere close enough to the sensor for the Libreview app/NFC to...
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    Pharmacy Delays UK

    I ordered my repeat prescription 11 days ago. The prescription was signed off by my GP and sent electronically to my pharmacist on the same day I put my repeat prescription in to my GP surgery. I received the usual text message from my pharmacist eight days later. The pharmacist had everything...
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    Libre 2 inaccuracy compared to a fingerprick test

    Hello Is anyone else finding that the Freestyle Libre 2 seems to read consistently 3-4 mmols lower than a fingerprick test (even when one takes into account the reported reduced "timelag" between the Libre 2 interstitial fluid test and a fingerprick blood test of just over two minutes)? I've...
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    MARD of the Freestyle Libre reader and Freestyle Libre 2 reader when used as a blood glucose meter

    Hello Does anyone know the MARD of the Freestyle Libre reader and the Freestyle Libre 2 reader when they are being used as blood glucose meters? Thank you
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    Tresiba 200 units/mL

    Hello Does anyone know why the maker of Tresiba 200 units/mL does not at present make and sell cartridges/penfills (and an appropriate insulin pen) for this insulin? Also, does anyone know if the maker of Tresiba 200 units/mL intends in the near or medium future to make and sell...
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    United Kingdom - Freestyle Libre 3 - Whatever Happened to the Freestyle Libre 2?

    Today's internet news cycle reports that Abbott has received a "CE" mark for the third generation of its product: the Freestyle Libre 3. The news reports suggest the Libre 3 is a continuous glucose monitor that will send data every minute via software to a mobile phone. The news reports...
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    GPs/Diabetic Nurses Unilaterally Changing Patients' Blood Glucose Meters

    Have any UK users of this forum had their doctor or diabetes nurse change, without prior consultation, their blood glucose meter for a new blood glucose meter made by a manufacturer whose products you have never used before? if so, did your doctor or diabetes nurse provide an explanation why...