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<blockquote data-quote="AMBrennan" data-source="post: 226895" data-attributes="member: 37697"><p>True, but the leaflet actually says that only patients on insulin should get a prescription for test strips, so 50/year is actually more than the leaflet recommends.</p><p>[Never mind that the leaflet says that a pack of 50 will expire 4 months after opening, so realistically they'd need to prescribe 150/year.]</p><p></p><p>Also, the leaflet says</p><p></p><p>Of course, the sensible thing to do here is to cut test strip prescriptions, and not to use blood testing as an integral part of self-management education. </p><p></p><p>Without having read those studies, I'd agree with you if only because HbA1C twice a year seem inadequate to detect "poor control" that would require frequent blood testing (according to the leaflet) and, possibly, a change in medication.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMBrennan, post: 226895, member: 37697"] True, but the leaflet actually says that only patients on insulin should get a prescription for test strips, so 50/year is actually more than the leaflet recommends. [Never mind that the leaflet says that a pack of 50 will expire 4 months after opening, so realistically they'd need to prescribe 150/year.] Also, the leaflet says Of course, the sensible thing to do here is to cut test strip prescriptions, and not to use blood testing as an integral part of self-management education. Without having read those studies, I'd agree with you if only because HbA1C twice a year seem inadequate to detect "poor control" that would require frequent blood testing (according to the leaflet) and, possibly, a change in medication. [/QUOTE]
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