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Folks, the money people have found a way to cut their costs and they will use any half baked study to justify cutting back on buying test strips.
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The NICE recommendations were based on 4 studies. The reason that they only used 4 studies was because these were the ONLY studies of sufficient quality to answer the question of does testing BG improve control for people with type 2 - and even then NICE conceded that they weren't the BEST studies.
I do find it rather ironic that a practice as widespread as testing BG, and nobody has bothered to find out properly whether it makes any difference. Whole swathes of medicine are like this. Read NICE (very boring) - large chunks of the recommendations are based on the evidence of expert panels, because there is no relevant research data on which to make a decision.
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Hi LarryTango
Sounds to me that you easily have a case for getting your prescription back. I think your best bet, in the first instance is to go and see your GP directly. Take your test book with you, and explain that the reason you have such good control, is because you are able to test, and show him/her what you are doing. It may also help to give your GP an estimate of the number of test strips you need each week/month.
It sounds to me that the decision to stop test strips has been made at a practice/regional level. The NICE recommendations are just that. Recommendations. Your doctor still has the power to make decisions based on his/her patients best interests (this is what is meant by the term
clinical decision). And it would seem to me that continuing testing is in your best interests - you achieve better control.
