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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Squire Fulwood" data-source="post: 1260131" data-attributes="member: 44622">Meters etc. are only provided for a patient to test that they are not hypo and also to calculate how much insulin they need. Type 2's not on insulin (it is reasoned) therefore do not need a meter. They will issue them to patients who are not on insulin but take medication powerful enough to cause hypo's. The fact that the diagnosis of Type 2 is done when the patient is hyper, and this is damaging, is not taken into account, probably on cost grounds.Meters are not particularly accurate. No-one ever claimed that they were. They are only specified as + or - 15% and I know of one that is -0 +30%. Furthermore some are calibrated to whole blood and some to plasma equivalent which is higher. I know which meter my DN supplies and use the same make so that my readings are true to what she expects.</blockquote>

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