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Blood Glucose Meters For Type 2s: Why Aren't They More Useful? - Diabetes Health

I knew there had to be more to that study!

Now a lengthy study in the British Medical Journal has delved into the reasons why meters are often not used effectively by people with type 2. And it has concluded that the problem lies, first, in caregivers' failure to educate type 2s about how to respond to blood sugar readings, and, second, in an apparent disinterest in meter readings on the part of healthcare professionals.

Blood Glucose Meters For Type 2s: Why Aren't They More Useful? - Diabetes Health

Of course the insurance companies and the PBM's are going to ignore this one, and focus on the first.

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Thanks for the update. We can always hope that they won't ignore it.

We can always hope that they won't dismiss it.

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