[darla80]

I have a couple of patients with diabetes who are indigent. I am able to get free glucometers but unable to find anyone willing to provide test strips.

We are trying to gain tight control and without the BS readings it is very difficult.

Does anyone out there know of an organization that provides this service??

Please forward your ideas to me!!

Or send me phone numbers,email addresses, anything that might help me take care of these patients.

Thank you... Thank you..Nurses helping nurses
doing what we do best!!!!

[Rbeka]

I also have had your problem. I get free glucometers to give to patients from drug reps but there are only a few strips then they can't afford to purchase them. I have explored every avenue and if the patient isn't medicare-there is no help. Please keep me posted if you have any luck

[fiestynurse]

This is a marketing ploy! Yes, the reps are more than willing to give patients the "free" glucometers, but they will not give out the strips because this is where they make all their money. I haven't been able to figure out a way to get low cost strips for patients either. Very frustrating!

[Demps]

Originally Posted by darla80

I have a couple of patients with diabetes who are indigent. I am able to get free glucometers but unable to find anyone willing to provide test strips.

We are trying to gain tight control and without the BS readings it is very difficult.

Does anyone out there know of an organization that provides this service??

Please forward your ideas to me!!

Or send me phone numbers,email addresses, anything that might help me take care of these patients.

Thank you... Thank you..Nurses helping nurses
doing what we do best!!!!

I am the director of a non-profit program called MedBank that works as a liason between pharmaceutical companies and physicians to help patients apply for free medicaitons. We are saving our patients tons of money but are running up on the same problems with the test strip delimma. We are also in need of syringes for our diabetic patients. I have been looking for weeks to find patient assistance programs for these items and have come up empty handed. The closest I came was the Charles Ray III Diabetes Association: www.charlesray.g12.com/assistance.html . This seems to be a limited resource however. If anyone is sitll subscribed to this thread, let me know what you find out.

Thanks

Demps.