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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure. The cheapest way to get a prescription I found by far was through a site called tastermonial. They are now writing prescriptions for the Freestyle Libre 3. For me at least it is much more accurate than the Libre 2 was (I compared both to an Accu Chek Guide finger stick, which is very accurate).

Don’t pay attention to anyone who wants to gatekeep this technology for you. I think it’s great. It helped me get from prediabetic to normal, and to learn what foods spike my blood sugar and which don’t - some of these were not at all in line with conventional wisdom, or glycemic index lists. Bodies are different. You might as well learn about yours!

Best of luck to you. [/quote]
How did you get a prescription without a diagnosis?[/quote]

Google tastermonial. Note that the prices do not include the sensors themselves.  In my case, once the prescription was written by their doctor, my health insurance covered at 100%. YMMV. [/quote]
What condition was your prescription written for?[/quote]

tbh, not sure. There was a medical questionnaire, but only to make sure that they didn’t have some other condition that they didn’t wanna mess with. It was clearly a rubber stamp.

It’s exactly like getting a medical marijuana prescription. CGM providers fall into one of two categories: money-seekers, and true believers. Money-seekers do it to make $ so of course they’ll give you a prescription. True believers do it because they truly believe that the prescription they’re offering can improve health, so of course they’ll give you a prescription. Either way, the results are the same.

FWIW I do think that Tastermonial are true believers, not money-seekers. They do glycemic control studies and seem really interested in identifying low G.I. foods.  They also don’t charge nearly as much as the lifestyle companies.[/quote]

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