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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 2004424" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, [USER=501653]@JimMcM[/USER] , and welcome to the forum!</p><p></p><p>There was an announcement back in January at link below which mentions that Abbott have reformulated the adhesive and it'll be used from April in the UK, so we'll have to wait and see whether that makes a difference.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/alert-to-users-of-freestyle-libre-flash-glucose-monitoring-system-regarding-skin-reactions-to-sensor-adhesive" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/alert-to-users-of-freestyle-libre-flash-glucose-monitoring-system-regarding-skin-reactions-to-sensor-adhesive</a></p><p></p><p>It's not an easy thing. I've read a few papers on the subject and it seems that finding that fine line between making it sticky enough to last the two weeks but not induce reactions is described as "non-trivial".</p><p></p><p>I've seen a few posts from people who find they react to libre but are fine with Medtrum. It had some bad reviews on accuracy initially but they seemed to have made some changes in a later version which improved things. Haven't used it myself.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/medtrum-the-new-low-cost-cgm-solution-now-being-sold.146058/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/medtrum-the-new-low-cost-cgm-solution-now-being-sold.146058/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 2004424, member: 374531"] Hi, [USER=501653]@JimMcM[/USER] , and welcome to the forum! There was an announcement back in January at link below which mentions that Abbott have reformulated the adhesive and it'll be used from April in the UK, so we'll have to wait and see whether that makes a difference. [URL]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/alert-to-users-of-freestyle-libre-flash-glucose-monitoring-system-regarding-skin-reactions-to-sensor-adhesive[/URL] It's not an easy thing. I've read a few papers on the subject and it seems that finding that fine line between making it sticky enough to last the two weeks but not induce reactions is described as "non-trivial". I've seen a few posts from people who find they react to libre but are fine with Medtrum. It had some bad reviews on accuracy initially but they seemed to have made some changes in a later version which improved things. Haven't used it myself. [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/medtrum-the-new-low-cost-cgm-solution-now-being-sold.146058/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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