Hopefully they are cheaper than the copay on the Libre 3 sensors.
FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor
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#12When your smartphone becomes a critical health device to support/treat a condition I wonder how that will impact case law around things like police confiscation.
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#13inb4 apple watch integration
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#14I like this trend of the FDA making more and more things OTC.
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#15I'm T1D (insulin-dependent). I used a Dexcom for a couple years a while ago, back around the G3 through G5 era or so. I ended up stopping using it because my diabetes is very well managed, and I found it didn't make a huge difference to my management. With my insurance, each new sensor every week cost about $50, and would fail in various annoying ways: sometimes it would just stop working in the middle of the week, o…
Dexcom and Freestyle both have options (G7, FSL2) that have a much narrower form factor than the old sensors. They end up being far more reliable, because the sensor doesn't dislodge. The new Dexcom sensors are more accurate. Less drift and no calibration.
Out of pocket cost is obviously your own situation but I think anyone with T1 should look at them. For me they are life changing, even moreso if you have a pump that can deliver based on CGM readings.
Plastic waste situation is still bad.
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#16I'm T1D (insulin-dependent). I used a Dexcom for a couple years a while ago, back around the G3 through G5 era or so. I ended up stopping using it because my diabetes is very well managed, and I found it didn't make a huge difference to my management. With my insurance, each new sensor every week cost about $50, and would fail in various annoying ways: sometimes it would just stop working in the middle of the week, o…
I think your experience was unusual in that you had so many failures (hopefully you at least got your broken sensors replaced for free; both Dexcom and Libre do this) and that you are good at managing your diabetes without many measurements.
The out-of-pocket expense can certainly be rough; I use Libre right now because my Dexcom out-of-pocket would be similar to yours and Libre is a third.
I lend my CGM to people to who are possibly prediabetic. I'm very glad I can point them to an OTC solution now.
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#17inb4 apple watch integration
I'll be buying that apple watch if it ever gets here
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#18I don't think this is particularly special. In other countries it's possible to obtain Dexcom's current line up by purchasing it online (G6, ONE, G7) and other brands too like Abbott's Freestyle Libre. It seems like this is a stripped down version of the G7 (albeit with a longer wear time) as the ONE is a stripped down version of the G6.
"In other countries"... right... opening it up to a market of 340 million people with rampant metabolic problems is what's special about it.
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#20I'm T1D (insulin-dependent). I used a Dexcom for a couple years a while ago, back around the G3 through G5 era or so. I ended up stopping using it because my diabetes is very well managed, and I found it didn't make a huge difference to my management. With my insurance, each new sensor every week cost about $50, and would fail in various annoying ways: sometimes it would just stop working in the middle of the week, o…
The plastic waste issue is one of the first things that usually comes up around this topic regardless of who you ask. It's such a shame because it's not like you have many options unless you're comfortable going without sensors.