Warning For Cgm Users Re Drug Affecting Sensors

Indy51 · Jul 22, 2018

If you take the common drug paracetamol/acetaminophen it can affect CGM readings:

Acetaminophen Falsely Raises Glucose Sensor Readings by Wide Margin:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/849650

Indy51 · Jul 22, 2018

It's on older study (2015), but don't recall seeing anything about this in the past, so thought I'd post for those who aren't already aware of the issue.

DunePlodder · Jul 22, 2018

Older Dexcoms are affected by this, the latest G6 is not.

Warning For Cgm Users Re Drug Affecting Sensors

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