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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / March 2006home A1c test
I've been buying the Choice DM home A1c test at Walgreens, but my local store no longer has it. I can't even find it on the Walgreens web site. Drugstore.com says it requires a prescription in New Jersey where they are located. I could get a prescription, but that seems so unlikely. The only place I have found it available is Medichest.com, at a higher price. A search of the Bristol Myers Squibb web site shows several news releases announcing its launch in 2004 but nothing about it since. Does anyone know what has happened? Pam t2 since Nov. 2004, diet and exercise I see it at Walmart all the time. As recently as 3 days ago.  SignatureSuzi A1c 6.4 T2 DX 10/2002 Glucophage 2 x 1000mg Lipitor 20mg (3 days a week), Enalapril 20mg 30 minutes walks 7 days a week > I've been buying the Choice DM home A1c test at Walgreens, but my local > store no longer has it. I can't even find it on the Walgreens web site. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Pam > t2 since Nov. 2004, diet and exercise > I've been buying the Choice DM home A1c test at Walgreens, but my local > store no longer has it. I can't even find it on the Walgreens web site. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Pam > t2 since Nov. 2004, diet and exercise http://hocks.com/hocks_com_on_line_pharmacy/a1cnow.html Only a few left in stock but they seem to be cheaper than most Ratty To me the A1c is history I already know. To the doc it a good record and is not fooled the patients lies. The vendors will stock any item that can sell. It takes patients time and money that could be better used for definitive regular testing, Guy > To me the A1c is history I already know. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > testing, > Guy I see your point, but I have a different view. I see the quarterly A1c as a check on whether I am slipping up somewhere and don't realize it, particularly as instead of testing after every meal the way I used to I now test twice most days. My insurance would pay for me to have a lab A1c quarterly, but that takes time and often they have trouble getting blood from me. The home test is so much easier. I was going to suggest to my doctor with this upcoming visit that I would see her once a year instead of twice, but I would do the home A1c test in between. My husband's doctor refuses to do an A1c (saying that there is no evidence it is needed) but my husband knows he is prediabetic and does it about twice a year. His A1c runs about 5.8, which is higher than mine. Whenever he sees that he is higher than me it reminds him that he really does need to eat low carb. Pam > http://hocks.com/hocks_com_on_line_pharmacy/a1cnow.html > > Only a few left in stock but they seem to be cheaper than most > > Ratty They seem to be gone now--I can follow your link but not add them to my cart and when I search it doesn't show up. Pam They do have another test at around the same price, from BioSafe, but it is a mail-in test and has some complicated requirement for review by a licensed physician. Pam > I've been buying the Choice DM home A1c test at Walgreens, but my local > store no longer has it. I can't even find it on the Walgreens web site. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Pam > t2 since Nov. 2004, diet and exercise It has been discontinued. I got one for 10 bucks at Costco in the past 2 weeks. Dave You can try here: http://tinyurl.com/q38yz Anil T2 > You can try here: > > http://tinyurl.com/q38yz > > Anil > T2 This is a mail-in one, but at least it doesn't say anything about having to have a doctor interpret the results (as the Biosafe one sold by Hocks does). Pam |
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