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No calibration required for the entire 10 days. The one significant inconsistency with BGL between my daughter's regular meter vs. G6 CGM was when my daughter
by Benjamin_Dobell 4y ago
No calibration required for the entire 10 days.
The one significant inconsistency with BGL between my daughter's regular meter vs. G6 CGM was when my daughter had paracetamol in her system. Dexcom do claim (in Australia at least) that the G6 is not affected by paracetamol - which is the opposite claim they made about the G5.
It was actually incredibly dangerous since it was 3am and the sensor was indicating she was very high and she was in fact slightly below target. Glad I thought it seemed sus and chose to do a finger prick, rather than telling her pump to deliver a bolus.
That one (scary) incident aside, we've had no other issues with the G6. In general I've found it to be much more reliable than even a regularly calibrated G5.
Perhaps the paracetamol incident was a coincidence and the paracetamol didn't play a part, but at least personally, I'm careful with medicines that have been known to interfere with CGMs - otherwise I tend to trust the G6.