- Messages
- 96
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I have just noticed the test strips i have are out of date..
I am going away tomorrow morning (within the UK) and i realised when i was packing that on the box it says exp: 23rd Feb 2017.
I picked them up from the pharmacy on 28th so they were already 5 days out of date when i received them which isn't great! I have some in date ones.. but not a alot. I will go and buy some more this afternoon but my local pharmacy doesnt always stock the strips for my BG machine and they usually order them in so it would mean driving round a few until i found them. Which is a pain in the neck! Obviously my health is more important.. but im just wondering what happens to the expired strip.. do they not work past the expiry date? I mean obviously there's an exp date for a reason! I just tested an expired one with a strip thats in date and got the same reading .. maybe that was a lucky one!?
I am going away tomorrow morning (within the UK) and i realised when i was packing that on the box it says exp: 23rd Feb 2017.
I picked them up from the pharmacy on 28th so they were already 5 days out of date when i received them which isn't great! I have some in date ones.. but not a alot. I will go and buy some more this afternoon but my local pharmacy doesnt always stock the strips for my BG machine and they usually order them in so it would mean driving round a few until i found them. Which is a pain in the neck! Obviously my health is more important.. but im just wondering what happens to the expired strip.. do they not work past the expiry date? I mean obviously there's an exp date for a reason! I just tested an expired one with a strip thats in date and got the same reading .. maybe that was a lucky one!?