[Diabetes-talk] FDA Warning Re BG Meters Using GDH-PQQ Strip Technology

[Mike Freeman]

Greetings, all.

Below, please find a link to an article by Dr. Bill Quick of "Diabetes 
Monitor" describing a recent warning by FDA about blood glucose meters 
whose strips use what is known as GDH-PQQ chemistry. Basically, if 
patients are taking certain drugs or therapies which involve ingestion 
of sugars other than glucose, these strips can give falsely high 
readings (since the strips do not differentiate between glucose and 
certain other sugars), possibly leading to injecting insulin to bring 
the supposed high readings down when in reality the bg was not too high, 
possibly resulting in hypoglycemia. I do not know whether the Prodigy 
Voice strips use GDH-PQQ technology but the AccuChek VoiceMate certainly 
does.

Kelly, do you know?

In any event, read on.

Mike Freeman

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