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Type 2 Testing Strips

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Baillie789

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Hi there my name is James I am 25 and a type 2, strange I know. I have been for a few years now. I have a question for you lovely people, how can I get a greater amount of testing strips? Rather than one pot of 50 a month!

Hope all are well!
 
No, I don't get any either, like most of us not on insulin. We buy our own meters and strips and self fund our diabetes management.
 
Wow ok i've just taken for granted my apologies there, yes i am indeed on insulin, so perhaps i should change my question too, where is the best place to buy testing strips?
 
Hi James.

I'm a type 1 so can't really comment here. But, if (like me) strips are on your repeat prescription, then it's simply a case of requesting your desired amount in a side note when it gets submitted to your GP.

This facility is typically for an instance when you would be going away travelling for a month or any other event when you wouldn't have standard access to a home pharmacy.

Please tell us more so the T2D's can help you out.

Grant
 
Well it stems from when I was first diagnosed back in 2013 a colleague at the time, his partner was sent to King's College Hopsital, which is world reknown for diabetic studies, how true that is I have no idea, and he said his partner was given more than enough test strips at the one time. I believe six months supply to a year.
 
Baillie789 said:
Wow ok i've just taken for granted my apologies there, yes i am indeed on insulin, so perhaps i should change my question too, where is the best place to buy testing strips?
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Surely as a diabetic on insulin if you need more strips you need to ask your GP to prescribe more. From my own perspective as a T2 diet controlled I buy my own and get through about 100 strips per month so I cannot see how 50 per month is enough for you anyway
 
Baillie789 said:
Well it stems from when I was first diagnosed back in 2013 a colleague at the time, his partner was sent to King's College Hopsital, which is world reknown for diabetic studies, how true that is I have no idea, and he said his partner was given more than enough test strips at the one time. I believe six months supply to a year.
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Volunteers who take part in clinical research studies do get more help. If your colleague's partner was taking part in a research project, the researchers would want to know as much about their figures as possible.
 
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