I decided to take matters into my own hands and take advantage of the misguided system. I prepared myself to visit the ER with a blood glucose level under 50 mg/dL. In other words, I planned an insulin overdose.
Category: CGMs, Meters & Pumps
Nova Diabetes Care is recalling of 21 lots of the Nova Max Glucose Test Strips distributed both in the USA and outside the continental USA. Nova Max Plus glucose meter kits that include test strips from the recalled lots are also included in the recall.
Abbott Diabetes Care has initiated a voluntary recall of FreeStyle lnsulinx Blood Glucose Meters in the United States.
The glucose meters are…
Insulet Corporation, the company behind the OmniPod tubeless Insulin Management System, announced it has entered into an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company according to which Insulet will develop a new version of the OmniPod insulin pump specifically designed to deliver Eli Lilly's Humulin R U-500 insulin,
Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall and replacement for all of its OneTouch VerioIQ blood glucose meters in the United States, effective immediately.
LifeScan is recalling and replacing all OneTouch VerioIQ Meters because at extremely high blood glucose levels of 1024 mg/dL and above, the meter will not provide a warning that the blood glucose is extremely high and will shut off, thereby potentially leading to incorrect treatment and delaying proper treatment.
The U.S. FDA cleared Tandem's t:connect Diabetes Management Application, the web-based data management companion to the t:slim Insulin Pump.
The t:connect Application is a Mac and PC-compatible data management software application that provides t:slim pump users and their healthcare providers a fast, easy, and visual way to display data from the pump and supported blood glucose meters.
Two weeks into Sacha’s use of the Dexcom continuous glucose monitor, and the excitement is over. Yes, the CGM is great. No, it didn’t…
I am able to wear the CGM places other than my abdomen, which I was terrified to even try with the Minimed. Thus far, I have worn the Dexcom on my lower back (worked all right, but sub-optimally; it was prone to getting knocked and jostled off) and my arm (works capitally). This ability to move the sensor around opens up my abdomen, which was getting bruised and scarred to the point of not being usable.
Not all of the diabetes products that we expected to be available in 2012 made it to market, but we hope that some of them will be approved in 2013 and will soon after be available in the U.S. Here are some of the diabetes products we're hoping to have in 2013
Insulet Corporation, the leader in tubeless insulin pump technology, today announced that the Company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the next-generation OmniPod® Insulin Management System.