Is there a company offering free diabetic test strips?
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Hi Dukey1\n\nI am just trying to help you out.\n\nSearched for a full half an hour for getting the answer.\n\nPhew this was a tough one. Let's See how you like it?\n\nThe name of the company is "Hock's Pharmacy". It's address and phone no. is "535 S. Dixie Drive, Vandalia, Ohio 45377     1- 800- 866- 4997".\n\n\nThis is the content of their homepage as below:-\n\nFree Diabetic Testing StripsWe carry a complete line of free diabetic testing strips for all major manufacturer's. Don't be misled by other suppliers that promise to provide you with free diabetic test strips with your first order and then provide you with the lowest cost meter available to them. Our goal is to provide you with a free diabetic testing strips that suits "YOUR" needs. We supply you with a state of the art free diabetic strips that are easy to use, utilize current state of the art technology and our free diabetic test strips require only a small drop of blood. \n\nWe know that free diabetic strips are something that you have to live with everyday, and our goal is to help you manage your disease as best we can. We know your fingers can get very sore after multiple testings with free diabetic test strips, So we feature free diabetic testing strips that offer you the ability to obtain your blood sample from areas other than your fingers. \n\nOur current preferred meters include the Accu-Chek Compact, Accu-Chek Advantage, Accu-Chek Active, Therasense FreeStyle and Lifescan One Touch Ultra. \n\nIn addition to these meters, we carry a complete line of supplies and free diabetic strips for other manufacturer's including: Bayer Glucometer, Precision QID, One Touch Basic, One Touch Profile, Medisense Sof-tact, HDI Prestige, Quick-Tek and others. \n\nWe also carry a wide variety of lancets, lancet devices and free diabetic test strips, including Softclix, One Touch Ultra lancets, Bayer Microlet, BD Ultra-Fine Lancets and others. \n\nIn addition to those items we carry Insulin, Syringes, Alcohol Swabs and much more! \n\nGive us a try, you won't be disappointed!! \n\n\nMore Information about free diabetic test strips \n \n CALL NOW    1- 800- 866- 4997 \n\n\nIf you think that i am the first person to answer your question quite comprehensively and quickly, then VOTE for MY ANSWER as the BEST ANSWER.\n\nRelax!!! just joking.\n\nI hope that you have got all the relevant information. If you want to know anything else, then post another question i will definitely answer it.\n\nTake Care.\nBye.
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You can sign up for $1 a day at http://www.nutritionclick.com/glucomenu/default.asp?email=&referer=&affiliate=\n\nAs a member of GlucoMenu you will receive: \n1. Complete menus, recipes, and grocery lists with nutrition facts for diabetes, \n2. GlucoMenu is based on your specified calories (and can be changed at anytime), \n3. Unlimited access to our Food Picker (over 6,000 foods analyzed for diabetes), \n4. Pictures and descriptions of recipes each week with meal preparation times and analysis, \n5. A diabetes "chart" tracking progress including A1c, BMI, cholesterol and more, \n6. Food substitution list in the event you do not like a certain food or are allergic\n\nSamples can be found at: http://www.glucomenu.com/glucomenu/\n\nOr you can go to: http://www.diabetic-recipes.com/ and then click on the hyplink in the "Browse the archive via individual recipes or by menus" sentenence
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THERE ARE MANY DRUG COMPANIES LIKE MERCK OFFERING DRUGS FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED PRICE, ALSO IF YOU DONT HAVE INSURANCE, TELL YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AT THE TIME HE WRITES OUT YOUR DRUG SCRIPT, HE MAY HAVE SAMPLES OF THAT DRUG OR ONE COMPARABLE
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Any doctor in internal medicine or family practice can measure your insulin levels.  Usually a blood sugar is drawn (bloodwork) and, if indicated, the doctor can then order a glucose tolerance test.
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www.pro-detective.com----------but you have to pay for these things----------i dont know of any freebies,and you will have diferent state laws etc.
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Every medical laboratory is to some extent unique. This lab uses that reagent supplier for blood tests, and some other supplier for tissue tests, and so on. Another lab uses a different collection of suppliers. And, different labs use different procedures to some extent (eg, different workloads of facility layouts). And there are often several different equipment vendors, whose equipment works slightly differently, using different operational sequences and check points.\n\nSo, the very same sample (at least taken from a single larger original sample anyway) will give slightly different results in every lab for most any particular test. In order to lessen the chance of confusion, labs report a 'norm' value for many tests to tell those interpreting the test that our values run <a little higher than the literature reports...> or something similar. They also usually supply a 'normal range' for each test as a courtesy to whoever has to look at the reports; people vary quite a lot, and this value might be acceptable in you but not in someone else quite apart from any laboratory norm differences from other labs.\n\nSince the values in clinical lab reports are often used to decide questions of diagnosis and treatment, it's pretty important (actually vital) to be certain the lab's results are as claimed. And certainly that any errors which can be caught are actually identified. There is a small industry of calibrated sample suppliers and operational testing to ensure this. \n\n==========\nblood glucose testing example\n\nTake, for instance, the home blood glucose monitors used by many diabetics. These generally come with a small bottle of test solution (or control solution, depending on who is choosing names). This is carefully concocted 'fake blood' with a pre-determined concentration of glucose. By using it (if it hasn't partially evaporated or deteriorated), one can test the operation of the glucose meter/test strip combination, qualitatively -- and to some extent quantitatively. A similar dodge is used in actual laboratories. To avoid 'fudging' in the labs themselves (a kind of Caesar's wife's reputation sort of thing), test reagents are generally not made locally, but rather in a central facility.\n\n======\nregulation, licensing, accreditation\n\nLabs are also supervised by industry accrediting bodies rather like colleges, and almost always have statutory and regulatory supervision (mandatory licensing, for example). \n\n======\nmalfeasance\n\nDespite all of this, it's still possible for mendacious lab operators to perform poorly. Especially in circumstances which require some subjective evaluation. A recent example in the US, though not exactly a laboratory issue, is the exposure of what seems to have been a litigation fraud involving lung diseases caused by mining or industrial operations. Attorneys have advertised for plaintiffs, provided testing for them, and organized suits for damages based on the results. The tests (X-rays and the interpretation thereof, primarily) were performed by  independent contracting physicians and X-ray labs, but it seems that several folks noticed that business depended on the findings. There were an awfully large number of folks found to have lung disease who may not have had it all, or at least not the disease for which damages were being sought. Just who arranged for it all, beyond a small number of doctors who made quick diagnoses from medical files, usually without actually meeting patients, is not clear. The lawyers certainly benefited in that they found clients for whom ot work. The patients benefited, though often not very much as individual settlements were often not large. As the situation is clarified, we may learn more as to who organized it, if there is indeed a single organizing brain. \n\nPsychological testing is not very lab based, but the same (or something similar) kind of problem has been noticed in exert evaluations
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The side of the bottle should tell you how to read the test strip. If your talking about the ones that test glucose and ketones then the colors should match up on the side of the bottle, a peach color detecting none and a dark maroon color meaning a blood sugar of 240 mg/dl or more. The same applies for ketones if your test reads ketones and you have diabetes or not call a dr.
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Have you been checked for diabetes?
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I have prescription coverage, and I still mail-order all my stuff. Insulin, test strips, infusion sets for my pump... i get a three month supply delivered to my front door. And, it is cheaper to get stuff that way. I'd check out the company, and then go for it.
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Try here ,they have Free (some) for that occasion.......\n\nhttp://www.msn.americangreetings.com/cnp/cpsearch.pd?path=36952&
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It's pretty hard to find any sort of tests for free which is what I am assuming you want. If you are willing to pay then there are loads just search on yahoo.com. Whatever you do don't use google like the guy above suggests because google are evil and are trying to take over the world with their never ending quest for knowledge. By using google you are giving them all of your personal details, even what colour underwear you are wearing right now!
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Try contacting the american diabetes association.  www.diabetes.org
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Check out the product website for starters or read the direction / instructions that came with your Accucheck meter. (There should have been a pamphlet or booklet in the box.)\n\nIf you prefer a more hands-on approach, take the meter to your doctor's office and ask one of the nurses there to assist you. OR, another option would be to go to your local health department. Many health departments have a diabetes program in place, dedicately solely to assisting those in the communities with the disease. Someone there would be glad to help you...\n\nGood luck and best wishes...
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There are many and they can be found at http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Diabetes+Physicians/S-KY/T-Hopkinsville/
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Tell your friend to go to the store and get a glucometer.  They can range from inexpensive to real expensive but most have mail in rebates which make the meter virtually free.  Any brand is good and the simpler the operation the better.Have her test her blood sugar once a day in the morning before she eats (fasting blood sugar, a good indicator of control).  The normal range is 80-120, anywhere within that range is good.  Most new kits come with a 10 day supply of everything and you can use the lancet (pricker, the thing with the needle on it) up to 4 times before it starts to dull.  Plus supplies can be bought over the counter.\n\nFoods to avoid:  Quick sugars, candy, anything with high fructose corn syrup, anything covered with sugar or sugary glaze, sugary cookies, table sugar, etc you get the idea\n\nFoods in moderation:  fresh fruits and fruit juices (some are very high in fruit sugar and some of the juices have high fructose corn syrup added), pies and cakes (small portions are good)\n\nFoods allowed: Pastas, rice, beans, meats, cereals ( hot cereals, not flavored-cold cereals, not sugar coated or flavored), juices (citrus, cranberry, lite or no sugar added),applesauce (no sugar added), vegetables (fresh or canned), etc.\n\nHave your friend  call the local hospital and ask for the dietician. Have her explain the situation and take her advice.  If she needs to make an appointment then do it.\n\nShe must take a proactive attitude and get all the information she can.  She can also go to the library and get books on diabetic diets and cooking.  As her friend look up American Diabetic Associan on the web, they have a site for recipes and other information that will be helpful.  Good Luck!
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Go and have a bloodtest ( chemists do it for free in the UK )\nyou might be diabetic !
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Along with checking with your local social services office, check with your local health department. Many local health departments have diabetes education programs and can refer you to many resources within your community. They may also be able to help with supplies (such as meters or strips). Chances are that they also offer some sort of support / awareness group as well. \n\nHave your brother check with his doctor at his next visit about this issue. His doctor's office could probably provide him with medication samples, depending on the medication he is taking. They could also refer him to outreach service groups in the area that could help. \n\nGood luck and best wishes ...