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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andydragon" data-source="post: 2348275" data-attributes="member: 521079">Test strips are not that cheap to the NHS. Quick. Multiply by the number of type 2s in the country and you can see why they don't want to prescribe as standard. Plus drugs like Metformin don't cause hype so not monitoring I guess is seen as not as important. I think we all know the risk of long term hyper but it's not as immediate so maybe it's not seen an needed to monitor forAlso those who don't have diabetic meds don't get free prescriptions. If you have to pay I suspect it's possible to get strips cheaper than prescription costNot saying it's right, or not. Not testing apart from 6 (or 12) monthly hba1c just means it takes longer to catch issues and then potentially a move to drugs that does need monitoringBut NICE guidelines are that type 2 outside of the hypo potential drugs don't have strips prescribed. Not sure if there are penalties on doctors who override this?</blockquote>

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