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Diabetes Supplies – Where Should You Get Them?

Diabetes supplies that one needs on an ongoing basis are of two major categories – Diabetes Testing Supplies (such as Glucose test strips, Glucose meters) and Diabetes Supplies (referring to the pharmaceuticals used for treatment of diabetes such as oral tablets and insulin)

Generally the initial source of diabetes supplies and diabetes testing supplies will vary depending on the country you are in.  In most developing countries, the doctor that sees you for your diabetes will also dispense the medicines as well as the testing and monitoring materials for diabetes.  Developed countries, however, have a tendency to separate prescribing and dispensing functions.  Thus the doctor will see you and advise you on your diabetes, and he will write a prescription for you to fill at the local or nearby pharmacy.  This second practice does tend to make the cost of your treatment much higher as both the doctor and the pharmacist will have to make a profit.

While the initial costs of consultations and diabetes supplies may be affordable, the fact that this is an ongoing process (your diabetes is not going to get cured) ultimately can create a sizeable dent in your pocket.  Many a time the long-term cost of diabetes supplies and diabetes testing supplies will force one to re-evaluate and adjust one’s spending on other essential items in the monthly budget, especially if one is not covered by insurance.

Because of this need to economize, there have sprung up a great deal of pharmacies, both online and offline, that deal with diabetic supplies as well as diabetic testing supplies, and offer cheap prices, claiming lower overheads allow them to do so.

It is important to ensure that what you are getting is the real thing.  While diabetic testing supplies are rarely fake,  because the technology needed to produce these is more complicated, diabetes supplies can be fake.  What looks like real Diamicron or Glucophage, for example (to quote the two more popular diabetic drugs), could easily be corn starch tablets wrapped convincingly in a genuine-looking blister strip.

It is thus crucial that your supplier is trustworthy and real.  Ensure that your supplier does not operate from a P.O. Box.  One way to test that your supplier is real is to ask for a contact number (usually a 1-800 number) that you can call and test.  Ask relevant questions to ensure that your supplier knows about your order and is knowledgeable about details of your medicines.  Ensure that your supplier has an address near you, as the shipping costs can be quite high, and if your supplier ships from overseas, your order may be held in customs because of laws banning the import of medications without an approved license.

Certain diabetic supplies need to be kept in a cold chain that cannot be broken.  For example, insulin needs to be kept at a certain cold temperature all throughout transport.  Any break in this chain will render the insulin useless.  Check that your diabetes supplies company can observe this cold chain.

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