[Diabetes-Talk] Pogo Glucose Monitoring system, is it real?

[Lisa Belville]

Hi, Milton.


Thanks for posting this link.  I inadvertently sent it privately to Mary 
last night.


There's an FAQ on there, too.  It appears as if there's a promotion for 
private insurance participants to try this product. It appears as if 
anyone can just purchase the unit and the cartridges directly from the 
web site, no prescription necessary. I'm not sure if the cartridges are 
bundled with it or if they need to be purchased separately.



Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

On 5/18/2022 8:35 PM, Milton via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> If anyone is interested in finding out more, I found this URL that will take you to a website that has more information.
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> https://presspogo.com/
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> Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Pogo Glucose Monitoring system, is it real?
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> Hi, all.
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> My sister just told me about a new device called the Pogo that was just approved by the FDA.  Apparently you stick a finger in it like you would a blood oxygen monitor, and it draws a small sample of blood and tests it by using a lancet and a test strip that's in a cartridge that's inserted into the device.  It uses replaceable cartridges that have the lancets and strips included in the cartridge.  It has audible alarms if a reading is considered too high or low.  I'm not sure if this is customizable, or if the alarms are a different sound for too high or too low.  The device itself doesn't speak, but there are apps so it can be paired with an Android or iOS phone.  This thing supposedly doesn't require a prescription.
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> The price my sister found was $68 for the device.  Not sure about the cartridges.
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> Obviously, this would be a huge breakthrough for anyone who has great
> difficulty getting an accurate test reliably.
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> Has anyone tried this, and are the Smart Phone apps accessible?
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> I haven't heard anyone mention this on any diabetes or tech list, so I
> hope it's not a pie in the sky thing.
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> Lisa
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