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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 9, 2017 2:04:40 GMT -5
simple enough for you to go onto Amazon site and see it for yourself! There are fake reviews on amazon. Someone obviously wanted to promote afrezza. How can finger pricks be better than dexcom. Because lots of people don't want to have a device attached to them 24/7 with a needle tipped wire stuck under their skin. I'd be hesitant to have Dexcom if I were to ever develop T2 unless I figured out first hand that I couldn't pull off decent control with traditional meters.
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Post by derek2 on May 9, 2017 7:29:54 GMT -5
There are fake reviews on amazon. Someone obviously wanted to promote afrezza. How can finger pricks be better than dexcom. Because lots of people don't want to have a device attached to them 24/7 with a needle tipped wire stuck under their skin. I'd be hesitant to have Dexcom if I were to ever develop T2 unless I figured out first hand that I couldn't pull off decent control with traditional meters. That's crazy talk! It might imply there's more than One-True-Way(r) to control your diabetes, and that MNKD doesn't need to be a slave to CGM companies. I like the look of the monitor (yes, I know it's OEM'ed by another company. That's fine) and the ability to uncouple from insurance for strips is smart. Doesn't help MNKD's model (Afrezza is too expensive to offer "all-you-can-eat" sunscription), but kudos to Onedrop.
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Post by sellhighdrinklow on May 9, 2017 8:27:37 GMT -5
I ordered the One Drop system from Amazon and they state arrival to me, May 16-18.
My One Touch system can give me erratic numbers at times for unknown reasons. My doc says there is a 15% margin of error "allowed" as per guidelines of some sort. However, I've had readings that read, 120, 200, 225, 153, all within the same time frame. That is unacceptable and makes inputting into the Dexcom a crap shoot at times. I now test at least twice on my One Touch to be sure the numbers are similar.
I'm looking forward to using a more accurate meter, assuming the One Drop is in fact so.
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Post by mnholdem on May 9, 2017 8:37:45 GMT -5
For me, the most important part of this collaboration would be the One Drop | Experts: 24/7 in-app diabetes support from Certified Diabetes Educators and a digital therapeutics program designed to keep you on track AND it has been FDA-approved.
The idea of having 24/7 support to help you dial in your Afrezza dosage is gold, IMO.
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Post by agedhippie on May 9, 2017 9:00:11 GMT -5
There are fake reviews on amazon. Someone obviously wanted to promote afrezza. How can finger pricks be better than dexcom. Because lots of people don't want to have a device attached to them 24/7 with a needle tipped wire stuck under their skin. I'd be hesitant to have Dexcom if I were to ever develop T2 unless I figured out first hand that I couldn't pull off decent control with traditional meters. That's quite right. I have a CGM, but I don't use it much for just that reason. I hate being wired to things (same reason I don't use a pump much) because I would rather ignore my diabetes as much as possible consistent with getting OK results. I use the CGM when I am having problems and I need to see what is happening in detail. Also just wait until you catch the transmitter on some thing because the sensor is about an inch long and buried in your subcutaneous fat so that really hurts. The edge of a desk as you stand up is particularly good.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 9, 2017 9:28:40 GMT -5
MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD) saw its shares make a massive gain on Monday after it was announced that its One Drop|Chrome is now available on Amazon Prime. Overall this is huge because the diabetes testing system is now being listed on perhaps the world’s largest online marketplace. Last week MannKind announced a collaboration with One Drop to extend One Drop’s subscription service and digital health platform, by adding Afrezza as a rapid-acting insulin offering. One Drop is a diabetes management platform that harnesses the power of mobile computing and data science to empower people with diabetes to improve their health and lives. Through Amazon Prime, One Drop can now be ordered and delivered directly to the user’s doorstep in two days or less, creating an on-demand healthcare experience for a chronic condition that requires constant management. According to industry data, more than 66 million consumers in the U.S. have Amazon Prime memberships. Source: onedrop.today/blog/2017/05/02/one-drop-on-amazon-prime/ It doesn't appear that they've yet corrected this erroneous information that One Drop Chrome is a Mannkind product.
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Post by agedhippie on May 9, 2017 9:43:17 GMT -5
On the conspiracy theory front...
Agamatrix who make the One Drop meter also make a meter for Sanofi.
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Post by buyitonsale on May 10, 2017 23:03:13 GMT -5
I noticed that Mike C liked my post on page 1. Nice to know that he is reading and perhaps his "like" indicates that I am not far off
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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 11, 2017 0:15:57 GMT -5
I noticed that Mike C liked my post on page 1. Nice to know that he is reading and perhaps his "like" indicates that I am not far off That is what the press release seems to indicate, but I'd question what price they will offer. I can't imagine that MNKD would sell an all you can use plan at $40 a month. Even if they were cutting out the distributors and pharmacy (wonder if that is possible in many/all states) I would think they'd need to charge around half of the full retail price. So the question would be whether many people would pay $125 or $150 per month for what they could get for only $15 to $50 copay if they got it through their insurance.
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