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Lancets - with Home Health Gluco Navii

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babyflowers

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
Hi,
I am very newly diagnosed and want to get a meter. Sorry for the stupid question but I wondered if any lancets would work with the above meter, I assumed so as it is just to get the blood? They are cheaper on amazon for the lancets so was hoping to get a universal set of 100.
many thanks for the advice
 
If you've been diagnosed, you should be able to order 1 for free and give your Dr the prescription form for strips and lancets
 
As I said in previus thread, there are no generic lancets.

Each lancing device has to havc the lancets designed for it.
 
Lisa69free said:
If you've been diagnosed, you should be able to order 1 for free and give your Dr the prescription form for strips and lancets
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Sadly most won't do that for a T2D in UK .

Most on here self fund.

Lancets as said are not generic, and are specific to each manufacturer, and model most likely.
 
jjraak said:
Lancets as said are not generic, and are specific to each manufacturer, and model most likely.
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Agreed, but you can use any lancing device to get the blood for a meter and if you're like me and not squeamish you can use a bare lancet of any type and just stab your finger. (That's nearly 40 years of blood testing for you. ).
 
EllieM said:
Agreed, but you can use any lancing device to get the blood for a meter and if you're like me and not squeamish you can use a bare lancet of any type and just stab your finger. (That's nearly 40 years of blood testing for you. ).
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Agree.

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Burt Reynolds would be proud..


Where there's a will, there's a way
 
EllieM said:
Agreed, but you can use any lancing device to get the blood for a meter and if you're like me and not squeamish you can use a bare lancet of any type and just stab your finger. (That's nearly 40 years of blood testing for you. ).
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Yeah I found that one out for myself the other day when, between taking the plastic protector off the lancet and placing it in the stabber tool I managed to prick my finger with it... didn't hurt and the right amount of blood came out.

So drawing pins at the ready if I run out?
 
As others have said the lancets are made to go with specific lancing devices. There is at least one brand (pip) that doesn't use a device - the spring is built into each lancet. But the lancets/lancing devices are totally independent from the meter and testing strips.
 

But also don’t worry - lancets need not be a big cost. I still have most of the box of 200 I bought shortly after diagnosis, more than 4 years ago. I just don’t change them very often!
 
This might be of some use to folks... I've just checked and the GlucoNavii lancets, although not identical appear to be completely cross-compatible with the ones provided by Sinocare, for the Safe AQ at least.
 
Was going to post the same info but @jjne beat me to it. Stabber looks the same. Used to use the Sinocare Safe Accu, its a cheap device and test strips are also very reasonable. When you purchase test strips they also come with lancets. I have some spare boxes at home but sadly no way of getting them to you.
 
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