Works well, but not really pain-free on fingertips
Written: Sep 22 '04
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Pros: Supposedly requires less blood than others
Cons: Seems to use same amount of blood as others; not painless
The Bottom Line: It's fine but I don't really see any advantage to it. The "smallest blood sample" claim is a clever marketing scheme but I don't believe it.
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| wcmini's Full Review: Therasense Freestyle Blood Glucose Monitoring Syst... |
I was originally given a free Ascensia Elite monitor by my dietician, but my local pharmacy didn't sell their strips and lancets, so I had to buy another monitor.
After reading rave reviews on epinions about the Freestyle monitor, I bought one. Perhaps because my expectations were so high, I've been a bit disappointed for 2 reasons.
1. The Freestyle claims to require much less blood than other devices (0.3 ml vs. 2.0 for the Elite, for example.) This was really appealing to me, but what I've found is that this difference isn't really noticeable. I still have to squeeze extra blood onto the strip to make it work, just like I had to for the Elite.
2. It's not really painless if you need to prick your fingertips. I have gestational diabetes, and my dietician tells me pregnant women need to test on their fingertips, not the forearm or other locations. So, it's possible that the advertising is true that it's painless if you can prick your forearm, but if you're pregnant like me and have to prick your fingertips, it's not pain-free and in fact feels exactly like the Elite lancet did. This is related to #1 above -- it feels the same, seems to require the same amount of blood, so I don't really see the advantage to the Freestyle.
Plus, the pharmacist told me the Freestyle strips and lancets are more expensive than other brands.
Recommended:
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