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    Do you currently have unexpired ketone strips (blood or urine)?

    Home > LC Polls > Do you currently have unexpired ketone strips (blood or urine)?
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    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange.

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    25 Comments

    1. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      Not my Dex G6, but I extended the G5 almost every time.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      No

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. Becky Hertz

      I don’t have any keytone strips.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. LizB

      They need to make ketone strips in smaller bottles, like maybe 10, or individually wrapped. Some of us might need/want to check occasionally. If you’re not on a keto diet a bottle of 100 is overkill.

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      1. Mick Martin

        I use GlucoMen ß-Ketone Test Strips, ma’am, and they do come in a pack of 10, with each test strip being individually wrapped in foil. These work in the GlucoMen areo 2K blood Ketone meter. I hasten to add that I’m in the UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

        I’ve just checked the A. MENARINI diagnostics website, but I’m afraid it’s only available in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK. Sorry about that.

        Although on the United States website it states the above, you can take a look at what I’m talking about here: https://www.menarinidiagnostics.com/en-us/Home/Diabetes-care-products/Meters/GlucoMen-areo-2K/Features

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      2. Mick Martin

        @LizB, apologies for not looking this up earlier, ma’am, but ABBOTT Laboratories also do a blood glucose meter that can also check ketone levels. It’s called the FREESTYLE OPTIUM / PRECISION NEO, which is similar to the meter I used to use (Optium Xceed) and, I believe, these are available in the United States of America. You can check out this page: https://www.diabetescare.abbott/products.html

        The ß-Ketone Test Strips also come in packs of 10, which are individually wrapped in foil.

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    5. gary rind

      in my 19 years as a T1D, I’ve never had ketone strips.

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    6. mojoseje

      I have strips but have no idea if they’re expired or not. I have never used them.

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    7. Keli Godin

      I miss the ketone strips that were individually wrapped so you could take a few with you wherever you went. Getting the bottle now is a waste.

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    8. Vivian Moon

      Answered Other as I would have to look! I might use one every 2-3 years so it is very likely! You used to be able to buy a box of 10 maybe that were each foil wrapped that lasted a Long time. So much more practical.

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    9. Jane Cerullo

      Have some but have actually never tested for ketones. Keep my numbers pretty tight

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    10. Mary Dexter

      Never have figured out when or how to use them.

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    11. Lawrence S.

      I have a plastic bottle of ketone strips with 50 strips in the bottle. I’ve used them once or twice. The expiration date on the bottle is April 20, 2021. I still would use them, if needed. I used them recently when I was taking Prednisone for 9 days. I think they should be packaged in containers of 5, not 50. I check when my blood sugar goes above 250, remains high, and I am sick.

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    12. Jeannie Hickey

      Mine are expired, but I have control solution I can use to verify they are still accurate – which they have been for 3-4-5 years. They are about 1$ per foil wrapped strip. & you need the Precision meter. Urine strips are about 7$ per 50 & should not be used 6 mos after jar opened…. Hmmm.
      Just be proactive: high sugars, feeling ill / nauseous, strongly consider you are ketotic & so MORE insulin resistant (besides the extra resistance from just being above 250). So give a bit more insulin, tell a partner / friend / diabetes team that you are sick, check sugars every 3 hours & follow your sick day plan. Throw up twice, go to the ER.

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    13. Daniel Bestvater

      I have not had ketone test strips for the last 30 years. As medical person I don’t see the need if your BG is kept below 10(180) a majority of the time, provided you have adequate insulin on board.

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    14. kristina blake

      Yes, but they were purchased to Dx my pug. She was displaying the classic T1D symptoms, so I bought some of the old school clinitest visual strips. Yep – Dark black. Based on that, they squeezed her in for an appt. I also used a Libre to track her bg’s – charting her scanned readings as an overlay on a chart that displayed the action timing of her NpH insulin. So… to answer the question I have some should I need them for me (haven’t used them in years – like others I work to stay in very tight range) I also “borrowed” one of her Libre sensors when my Dexcom shipment was delayed.

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      1. KarenM6

        Hi Kristina –
        I’m so glad you were able to help your pug! It’s fascinating that they allow Libre sensors for pets. Do you have to shave a spot on them? And, how does it work so that the pet doesn’t try to lick it off or scratch it off? Do you have to wrap it with a bandage?
        I don’t currently have a diabetic pet, but I guess I just want to be prepared in case it happens again.
        Thank you!!

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    15. Steve Rumble

      I have not tested for ketones since I started using blood glucose test equipment in the early 80s. Used tablets back in the day when glucose was tested via urine testape!

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      1. George Lovelace

        Like Steve Rumble, haven’t done Ketones since early 80’s

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    16. Gary Taylor

      Actually, I have both the urine test strips, which expire in August 2031, and the blood strips, which also expire in August 2031.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Sue Herflicker

      I don’t have any ketone strips! I never use them.

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    18. Carol Meares

      I have never had a doctor prescribe ketone strips for me.

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    19. kflying1@yahoo.com

      I’ve only been DXd for about 12 years now – never had them recommended or prescribed, though it would have been useful 10 years ago when I was using blood test strips and totally ignorant about diabetes. It might have prevented my hospitalization with DKA. Now with a DEXCOM G6, my BS is very well controlled.

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    20. Bonnie Lundblom

      No, thankful that I’ve never once needed them in my 35 years as a T1D.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. Ahh Life

      Ketone test strips are like nuclear missiles. They cost a gadzillion dollars and you hope you never have to use them.

      In 71 years I have only run ketones twice.

      Well, maybe they really are like nuclear missiles. ¯\_( ͡눈 ͜ʖ ͡눈)_/¯

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