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My mom is using a glucose meter, now my father needs it too do i need to buy another meter?

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Dr. Saima Farghani answered

No but: Use different lancets for the father

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Answered 7/17/2013

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Dr. Cayce Jehaimi answered

Specializes in Pediatric Endocrinology

Yes: Since you both need separate data storage and sharing information will just make it confusing to track down glycemic pattern.

Dr Brown agreed

Answered 7/20/2012

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Dr. Gutti Rao answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Glucometer: Better to use different glucometers- the reason is that you have all the blood glucose values in memory of the machine.

Answered 12/9/2013

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A member asked:

My mom is using a glucose meter, now my father needs it too do i need to buy another meter?

7 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

Dr. Saima Farghani answered

Dr Ali and 3 doctors agreed

Dr. Cayce Jehaimi answered

Dr Brown agreed

Dr. Gutti Rao answered

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