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<blockquote data-quote="tD33NAt" data-source="post: 2072579" data-attributes="member: 124445">Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the significant cost of test strips, suggest 2 studies in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal.&nbsp; In Ontario, blood glucose test strips are the third largest cost for the Ontario Public Drug Programs in 2007/08, accounting for $100 million or 3.3% of drug expenditures. Usage of test strips increased by almost 250% from 76,320 people in 1997 to 263,513 people in 2008...<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4TQipjhDLF9bBxnptPNCWAifFAU/0/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4TQipjhDLF9bBxnptPNCWAifFAU/0/di" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4TQipjhDLF9bBxnptPNCWAifFAU/1/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4TQipjhDLF9bBxnptPNCWAifFAU/1/di" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/uhhvqNThMNM" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/uhhvqNThMNM/3vH4" target="_blank">More...</a></blockquote>

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