How to Buy a Glucose Meter

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Prioritize your primary goals.. Consult your doctor for recommendations.. Read user reviews and check ratings.

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Prioritize your primary goals.

Step 1

Prioritize your primary goals.

2

Consult your doctor for recommendations.

Step 2

Consult your doctor for recommendations.

3

Read user reviews and check ratings.

Step 3

Read user reviews and check ratings.

4

Get a monitor that's as easy to use as you need it to be.

Step 4

Get a monitor that's as easy to use as you need it to be.

5

Look for a meter with extra functions.

Step 5

Look for a meter with extra functions.

6

Select a meter with a data-transfer ability, if applicable.

Step 6

Select a meter with a data-transfer ability, if applicable.

7

Check your ketones, if applicable.

Step 7

Check your ketones, if applicable.

8

Consider your language needs.

Step 8

Consider your language needs.

9

Avoid using GDH-PQQ test strips if you take a medication containing sugar.

Step 9

Avoid using GDH-PQQ test strips if you take a medication containing sugar.

10

Check what test strips are readily available to you.

Step 10

Check what test strips are readily available to you.

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Visit your local pharmacy to get your meter.

Step 11

Visit your local pharmacy to get your meter.

12

Buy a glucose meter online.

Step 12

Buy a glucose meter online.

13

Get a prescription for a glucometer from your physician.

Step 13

Get a prescription for a glucometer from your physician.

14

Check with your insurance about coverage.

Step 14

Check with your insurance about coverage.

15

Look for a glucose meter at a good price.

Step 15

Look for a glucose meter at a good price.

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Project the future cost of using the glucose meter.

Step 16

Project the future cost of using the glucose meter.

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Save money on test strips.

Step 17

Save money on test strips.

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