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

[Mike Freeman]

Skip down past the login stuff and look for a Level One header; then look for a Level Four header that says "Bill Quick", I think. In any case, you don't have to log into the site.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Stigile" <jstigile at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009 23:39:27
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] FDA Warning Re BG Meters Using GDH-PQQ StripTechnology

>
>
> Dear Mike,
> I use the AccuChek VoiceMate so I went to click on to the link but it said I 
> needed a password.  Can you help?
> 
> Your not use to going onto website friend, Joy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:01 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] FDA Warning Re BG Meters Using GDH-PQQ 
> StripTechnology
> 
> 
> > 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
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <JMFreeman at bpa.gov>
> > To: <k7uij at panix.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:57 AM
> > Subject: Mike Freeman has sent you an article
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > You have received this message from Mike Freeman (JMFreeman at bpa.gov) as
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> > http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/110/84863/fda-warning-glucose
> >
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