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Message: <blockquote data-quote="candyfloss" data-source="post: 350667" data-attributes="member: 22319">You used to be able to get your own HbA1c test done with a home kit for around £15. This was using Glucomen or Myrios kits. For some inexplicable reason both co's withdrew their tests from the market. No demand in a country that relies so heavily on the NHS presumably.I dont think you will find this test privately from a UK lab that deals direct with public for much less than £100 now, which is a ludicrous charge in my opinion. I'm sure the NHS doesnt pay that figure. Bayer, hardly a small insignificant co., produce a home kit for 2 tests that is marketed and sold to the public in the USA for around $30 as A1cNow, or £10 per test? It would be interesting to know for what reason it isnt on sale here in the UK. Obviously the price would be hiked up for the UK market like everything is but I'm sure there would be a demand for it.Unfortunately I disagree with Yorksman. I have tested these home kits (A1cNow) at the same time as having an NHS and hospital done HbA1c and the results were almost identical - certainly good enough for someone who is diet controlled, like me.</blockquote>

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