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"Dexcom has a CGM system that hooks up to your phone/watch, but is only available with prescription (and is extremely expensive without coverage)" Can you elab
by rsync 11y ago
"Dexcom has a CGM system that hooks up to your phone/watch, but is only available with prescription (and is extremely expensive without coverage)"
Can you elaborate ? What do you mean by extremely expensive ?
- socratis 11y agoPrescription is required: http://www.dexcom.com/faq/do-i-need-prescription-obtain-dexcom-g5-mobile http://www.dexcom.com/faq/do-i-need-prescription-obtain-dexc... My "extremely expensive" was unfair. Some quick searching suggests ~$650 for the transmitter ~$100/week for sensors. "Not cheap" would be more accurate.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoNo, $5000+/year is definitely "extremely expensive," and out of reach for the majority of Americans. (Particularly as it seems very unlikely that there's any actual technical need for replacing the sensor weekly.) Don't let the fact that lifesaving treatments are often even more unaffordable shift your frame of reference.