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Fastclix

borderter

borderter

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Can i still get fastclix lancets on nhs or do i have to buy them .Iam in gloucestershire
 
Just FYI, a lot of type 1s, me included, reuse the fastclix lancets hundreds of times. It isn't recommended of course.
 
Hello I get fastclix lancets on prescription too. DSN gave me a sample pack to try, then she wrote to my GP to prescribe it. However I think your GP can add it to your prescription. I can’t speak for Gloucestershire though.
 
I use a Softclix and get lancets on prescription, but then again they last me ages because i re-use. I know you're not meant to but it seems like such a waste otherwise.
 
borderter said:
Can i still get fastclix lancets on nhs or do i have to buy them
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If you cannot get them on a script, they are not expensive to buy from a pharmacy.

I use them as well and I pay $20.00 for a box containing 100 + 2 lancets, these are not subsidised here like my strips are which I only pay $1.20 for 100.

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ert said:
I've never used them. Are they any good?
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I think it is very good compared to the generic ones you get with meters. It feels a lot gentler on my finger, plus it carries 6 lancets in one so you don’t have to carry 6 singles ones.
 
borderter said:
Can i still get fastclix lancets on nhs or do i have to buy them .Iam in gloucestershire
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I'm T2 and have to fund my own testing. I bought my Fastclix plus a box of 200 lancets about five and a half years ago, and I'm still diving into that original box for my lancets. I use them until they're blunt/starting to be painful to use,and they last me for ages so it's been pretty economical - probably my best ever diabetic buy. :) Pricey pots of strips are different matter though...:banghead:

Robbity
 
Robbity said:
I'm T2 and have to fund my own testing. I bought my Fastclix plus a box of 200 lancets about five and a half years ago, and I'm still diving into that original box for my lancets. I use them until they're blunt/starting to be painful to use,and they last me for ages so it's been pretty economical - probably my best ever diabetic buy. :) Pricey pots of strips are different matter though...:banghead:

Robbity
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Me too I am only halfway through my second box in 10 years lol
 
I dial in a new lancet every time I start a new pot of strips, so the lancet magazine lasts me six weeks before it gets binned.
 
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