Lancets

[chris66]

Probably a really stupid question but i'll ask it anyway, have just bought a meter to test my blood, does a fresh lancet need to be changed after every use as only have 10 at the moment and is going to work out expensive if i need to use three a day?

 

[bulkbiker]

I just changed mine yesterday.. after about oooo 6 months...

Edit to add .. At the outset (Oct 2015) I bought about 300 I still have about 280 left...

 

[xfieldok]

A lot of people use their lancets multiple times. I reuse mine until they get blunt and hurt! Medical advice would be to discard after single use but then they also recommend that I eat brown rice, pasta, etc.

 

[chris66]

A lot of people use their lancets multiple times. I reuse mine until they get blunt and hurt! Medical advice would be to discard after single use but then they also recommend that I eat brown rice, pasta, etc.

Thanks, strangely enough the Pharmacist told me earlier that wholemeal bread brown rice and pasta was ok to eat earlier aswell.

 

[xfieldok]

Thanks, strangely enough the Pharmacist told me earlier that wholemeal bread brown rice and pasta was ok to eat earlier aswell.

I hope you no longer believe that!

 

[mike@work]

Hello @chris66 !
I fully agree with "bulkbiker" and "xfieldok" - no need to change too often. I reuse till they get blunt.

 

[chris66]

I hope you no longer believe that!

Didn't believe it to start with after having already looked up info on Low Carb diet so didn't rush to tesco to stock up.

 

[Daibell]

I saw a post in the past that suggested changing lancets on St Swithins Day! I change mine every few weeks.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

I dial in a new lancet in my Multiclix when I go through a pot of fifty strips each week.

 

[JohnEGreen]

You can actually change the lancet? ****.