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I'd like to add on to your comment with 2 more points as a Type-1 diabetic: 1. People might be tempted to treat high sugars with insulin/metformin - both of wh
by user_7832 5y ago
I'd like to add on to your comment with 2 more points as a Type-1 diabetic:
1. People might be tempted to treat high sugars with insulin/metformin - both of which should be only used on a doctor's prescription, and insulin can outright be (very easily) fatal if you don't know what you're doing.
2. Something I've seen other T1s talk about - the scarcity of hardware, specifically given the current silicon shortage. While I'm not sure how much this directly affects, I do know that the Freestyle Libre sensor got significantly more expensive between 2019 till 2021 (from about $25ish to $60). But take this with caution as I moved countries and haven't continuously being using it.
- nradov 5y agoHigh blood sugar is now also commonly treated with prescription SGLT2 inhibitors. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/sodium-glucose-cotransporter-2-sglt2-inhibitors https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information...
- BobbyJo 5y ago1) People chase therapies like Metformin without seeing their blood sugar. 2) You can treat high blood sugar with diet. You have to know you have high blood sugar though. 3) More demand generally means lower prices in the long run unless some specific component is constrained, which I doubt is the case for these sensors.
- loeg 5y ago> People might be tempted to treat high sugars with insulin/metformin - both of which should be only used on a doctor's prescription, and insulin can outright be (very easily) fatal if you don't know what you're doing. Insulin, sure. But why do you think Metformin is dangerous?