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  • Animal Validated Meters???

    Did any of you know that there's a difference between the GlucoPet and GlucoVet meters?

    http://www.animaldiabetes.com/glucopet

    GlucoPet

    http://www.animaldiabetes.com/glucovet

    GlucoVet

    "GlucoVet is recommended for Veterinarians and customers with medium and/or large animals. More accurate readings than the GlucoPet, for glucose values of 300 mg/dL or higher."

    From what's written on the GlucoVet page, the GlucoPet meter must be less accurate in interpreting higher readings than the GlucoPet meter. The GlucoPet and GlucoVet meters have separate strips also:

    http://www.animaldiabetes.com/strips

    http://www.animaldiabetes.com/inc/sdetail/227

    GlucoPet test strips

    http://www.animaldiabetes.com/inc/sdetail/711

    GlucoVet test strips.

  • #2
    Re: Animal Validated Meters???

    I knew there was a difference, I use the Glucopet,
    At times my glucopet has gotten reading in the 500's but when its at 600 i believe it just says HI, thank goodness I hardly ever see that.
    Dolly & Niki passed 2010, 45 lb Border Collie Mix 8 yrs as diabetic, 13yrs old. Blind N 10.5 U 2 X * Dog is God spelled backwards*If there are no dogs in Heaven then when I die I want to go where they went. Niki's food Orijen & Turkey & Gr. Beans, See you at the bridge my beloved & cherished Niki, I miss you everyday

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    • #3
      Re: Animal Validated Meters???

      Can you explain about the adding 100 points to a FreeStyle? Many people were using them and they weren't adding 100 points to their readings that I heard of. Many people take their meters with them when blood tests are done and use some of the same sample to see how their meters compare to what the lab says. Do you have a link about this you can share?

      http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/main.aspx?cat=1&id=404

      BD Diabetes, Dr. Greco:

      "Q: Do I have to recalibrate a "people" glucometer for my pet?
      A: If you have a dog, it may not be necessary to recalibrate. Studies have shown that results from blood glucose meters designed for people compare reasonably well with laboratory values in dogs. However, some blood glucose meters tend to be more accurate for animals than others. Ask your veterinarian to recommend a product that would serve well for you and your pet."

      http://www.felinediabetes.com/phorum....php?15,327824

      Most of those testing at the Feline Diabetes Board are using meters designed for people. They did some comparisions when Abbott's AlphaTrak was new. Their consensus was that they didn't find the animal validated meter to be any better than the ones they were currently using. They found AlphaTrak to be very much like FreeStyle. Here are the comparison graphs they did:


      If you have a link where it's suggested to add 100 points to a meter, I think we'd all be interested.

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      • #4
        Re: Animal Validated Meters???

        Hi,
        I use a Medisense Optium meter that was the cheapest and most basic model here in Australia. I have had it compared to the local vet's meter and also the specialist's meter and also lab results and all of the readings have been under a point (multilpy by 18.02 for USA). If my meter showed 4.1 the lab was 4.4 and specialist and vet meter was 4.2. I understand that some really high readings will be way off but I am really happy with this basic model and my aim is to keep Buddy in a good range anyway (Fingers crossed).
        Jenny & Buddy

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        • #5
          Re: Animal Validated Meters???

          hey ya'll,
          I have to compare my freestyle freedom human meter to my Alphatrak dog meter. Will post today and all week as IMS Dr Stone wants me to compare for a week. So far the higher her BGs are the more of a difference between the meters m(way over 100 ) The freestyle of course is much lower Pebbles for some reason is on the high on the meter. Don't know whether it was because she yelped last night when I injected. Did I hit a muscle? I pulled needle out in injected farther up on her scruff. Today she is really high. Will keep you posted on the differences I found
          Marianne and canines: Jasmine( diabetic since 4/10) Puma,Harley,Sebastian,Sophie and cats: Yoda,Sabrina and Cleo. Also Baby Boy (my cockatiel) & Angel Pebbles

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          • #6
            Re: Animal Validated Meters???

            thats why i got the glucopet, i did not want to be adding points, plus when i compared the prices of the strips at walmart for the other meters it seems they were all in the 45.00 to 55.00 range, so i figure I'm paying the same

            I will go and check where I got the info.

            I took Niki to the vet before we left I got a 89, 1 hr later at vet she was at 129, the vet did take her blood, and did the meter, I took it with me, she said maybe add 20 pts to it, maybe not and wanted the info on the Glucovet, I don't know if they bought one yet.

            She said the meter gave a better reading. I think the glucopet is darn near the correct reading as when Niki is low I know it and take her BG and she is usually low, when she is leaking pee I do BG again and get the high of 250 or more, I guess it all depends on what you are used to using.

            Plus I like the fact that the Glucopet lady "Karen" is very nice to work with, about a year ago a bottle of strips kept getting error messages, so I called her, and she sent me a new bottle of strips, so I appreciate that, especially with how much strips cost.

            I test Niki quite frequently so I think I go thru 100 strips in about 2 months more or less
            Dolly & Niki passed 2010, 45 lb Border Collie Mix 8 yrs as diabetic, 13yrs old. Blind N 10.5 U 2 X * Dog is God spelled backwards*If there are no dogs in Heaven then when I die I want to go where they went. Niki's food Orijen & Turkey & Gr. Beans, See you at the bridge my beloved & cherished Niki, I miss you everyday

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            • #7
              Re: Animal Validated Meters???

              Originally posted by eyelostit View Post
              I think i saw that add 100 pts from another board, thats why i got the glucopet, i did not want to be adding points, plus when i compared the prices of the strips at walmart for the other meters it seems they were all in the 45.00 to 55.00 range, so i figure I'm paying the same

              I will go and check where I got the info.

              I took Niki to the vet before we left I got a 89, 1 hr later at vet she was at 129, the vet did take her blood, and did the meter, I took it with me, she said maybe add 20 pts to it, maybe not and wanted the info on the Glucovet, I don't know if they bought one yet.

              She said the meter gave a better reading. I think the glucopet is darn near the correct reading as when Niki is low I know it and take her BG and she is usually low, when she is leaking pee I do BG again and get the high of 250 or more, I guess it all depends on what you are used to using.

              Plus I like the fact that the Glucopet lady "Karen" is very nice to work with, about a year ago a bottle of strips kept getting error messages, so I called her, and she sent me a new bottle of strips, so I appreciate that, especially with how much strips cost.

              I test Niki quite frequently so I think I go thru 100 strips in about 2 months more or less
              Regardless of the meter you use, it's wrong and dangerous for anyone to just say to add 100 points to the reading you're getting from it. That's like saying use 30 units of insulin twice a day regardless of the size of the patient and his/her medical condition. 30 units twice daily would be fatal for some, not enough for others, and would be fine for some. Blanket statements like this can harm or kill.

              We have many human meters on the market--the one thing they have in common is that they must meet the minimum FDA requirements for a glucometer or they won't be on the market, because they won't get FDA approval.

              http://diabetesindogs.wikia.com/wiki...Meter_Accuracy

              http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ode/gluc.html

              Glucometer standards for human meters

              The standard is over 20 years old and needs to be updated, but there's some conformity made possible by it.

              Veterinary medical devices such as glucometers for pets don't need to be FDA approved at all.

              http://www.fda.gov/cvm/regofdevices.htm

              The only way to determine how much difference there is between the meter you are using and a professional blood test is to do what you did--take the meter with you and use some of the same blood draw for a meter test.

              Have personally seen many people take their meters to a vet visit and then come back and post on FDMB or CDMB with the difference between the professional blood test and their meter. I've never seen anyone post that their meters were off by 100 points on either board--most differences posted have been a lot smaller than that.
              Last edited by We Hope; 09-20-2009, 10:00 AM. Reason: relinking to canine diabetes wiki

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              • #8
                Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                Never mind, I deleted it, we already went thru an issue with someone giving their dog 80 units of insulin a day on another board, i wasn't trying to cause any harm, remove what you wish
                Dolly & Niki passed 2010, 45 lb Border Collie Mix 8 yrs as diabetic, 13yrs old. Blind N 10.5 U 2 X * Dog is God spelled backwards*If there are no dogs in Heaven then when I die I want to go where they went. Niki's food Orijen & Turkey & Gr. Beans, See you at the bridge my beloved & cherished Niki, I miss you everyday

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                • #9
                  Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                  Dolly,

                  The problem isn't with what you posted, but with the statement someone else made about all human meters needing 100 points added to their readings. In order to say this and have it be fact, someone would need to have tested every human meter on the market against professional testing and find that every one of them was shy by 100 points.

                  It's not addressing any supposed inaccuracies at all, but creating them.

                  Let's say I have a dog who is running very low--possibly going into hypo. I take a bg test and I get a reading of 35 on the human meter. If I add 100 points to that, then even though I might be seeing physical signs of hypo, the dog is really reading 135. If I go by this, I shouldn't be concerned about seeing the human meter reading of 35 at all and the dog doesn't need any syrup.

                  If I have a dog whose human meter reading is 100 and I add 100 points to that, I now have 200 points--20 points over the renal threshold. I become concerned by this, even though I see no physical signs of hyperglycemia. I decide to use a bit of fast-acting insulin to bring the down from what appears to be over the renal threshold. Not long after I give the fast-acting insulin, I see physical signs of low blood sugar/hypo. And again, if I go by adding 100 points, I shouldn't believe these are signs of a low because the dog was over the renal threshold when I gave the fast-acting insulin.

                  These are hypothetical examples of what can happen if one blindly adds 100 points to a bg reading by a human meter. The only way to know how much difference there is between whatever meter you're using and a professional test is to do just what you did--to take your meter to the vet appointment and do a test with some of the blood draw.

                  You're not wrong at all--whoever came up with this idea is.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                    When I started home testing I got the Assencia Elite by Bayer for it's small amount of blood and the sipping action of the test strips. I took this meter to my vets when they curved Bogie and the first time I only compared his first draw and the alst draw of the day to their numbers. They had a lab analyzer. They drew blood, I used that blood in my meter (so arterial blood) and then I also did a lip prick. Their test showed 221, my meter with arterial blood showed 190 and 184 with the lip prick.

                    We did the same thing when I picked him up, their number was 250, my meter arterial blood was 242, lip prick was 215.

                    After that theya actually used my meter at the same time they did blood draws and kept track for me.

                    I've averaged the results and from 50 to 100 I add 40 points, from 100-200 it's like 30 points lower and in the 300's and up it's a bit more accurate being about 20-25 low. I don't know for sure how off it is over 350 or under 50 but I know ihe is too high or I know enough to watch him under 50.

                    I got a Glucopet at one point, used two containers of test strips and stopped using it as it was SO different than the Elite and it varied so much in the same range of numbers compared to the Elite. If the Glucopet said 200 and my meter said 180, the next time the Glucopet would be 220 but mine might say 260 so the way it varied I couldn't trust it. I didn't think I would get reading where the Elite was 40 low one time and in almost the same range the Elite would be 40 points HIGHER.

                    Now they are discontinuing my test strips so I am going to use a Contour and have enough Elite strips to compare to the Contour numbers.

                    I just want to say that if all of us used the same meter that we would get the same results and I (jmo) don't think that anyone has perfected the animal validated ones just yet. I am hopeful that they will some day though!

                    My vet now uses the AlphaTrak but uses arterial blood which I think is nuts! What draw blood every 2 hours when you could do a lip prick???

                    Anyway, I think we all have differing results with different meters and the only way to know for sure is to compare with your vet's numbers or have all blood tests sent to a lab for comparsion.
                    Denise, Bogie (diabetic, cushings, now cancer), Molly (diabetic)
                    Reba (Cushings) and the other 12 cats and 4 dogs.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                      Denise,

                      If you haven't either bought a new one or done this, did you know you can upgrade from the Elite to a Contour free?

                      http://www.bayerdiabetes.com/US/Index.asp

                      From the display near the top of the page, click #5:

                      http://www.bayermeters.com/contour.asp

                      This takes you to a page where they offer you the free Contour. The only "rub" is that they have this on site as current when they indicate on the upgrade page that the offer expired December 31, 3007.

                      http://www.bayerdiabetes.com/us/contactus/index.asp

                      OK--I just called Bayer Customer Care at: 1-800-348-8100 and spoke to Jen there about the outdated Contour upgrade website page. She told me that they will still give you the free upgrade from the Elite to the Contour, but you need to phone them at the toll-free Customer Care number above. They're still willing to upgrade any Elite users free if they call and ask for it.

                      I think I'd try to get a freebie even if you already bought the Contour. Doesn't hurt to have an extra one on hand.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                        I upgraded to the fre Contour many months ago, have used it some but looks like it's gonna be THE meter I use soon.

                        Wasn't there something about Contour test strips awhile back, not being good, recall or something?
                        Denise, Bogie (diabetic, cushings, now cancer), Molly (diabetic)
                        Reba (Cushings) and the other 12 cats and 4 dogs.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                          http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2...rTS_recall.htm

                          December 21, 2007

                          Bayer Diabetes Care has initiated a voluntary market recall of test strips (sensors) used exclusively with the Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter. In the course of its routine quality control monitoring processes the Company identified a manufacturing issue with test strips from specific lots that could result in blood glucose readings with a positive bias that is outside of our product specifications. Test results may demonstrate results 5 -17% higher.

                          This issue is unrelated in any way to the Contour TS meter itself and pertains only to certain test strips used with the meter. Additionally, this issue has no impact on the performance of strips used with other Bayer meters including Ascensia Contour and Ascensia Breeze2 systems.

                          The affected Contour TS strips were produced during the initial manufacturing process on new manufacturing equipment designed for the new Contour TS strips. The root cause of the problem has been identified, and corrective actions implemented including additional quality control measures to prevent recurrence. The quality of our products and the results our customers receive are very important to Bayer and, as such, we are notifying regulatory authorities, healthcare professionals and customers in the countries where Contour TS is marketed – France, Austria, Turkey, Korea, Mexico, India and predominantly through mail order channels in the United States.

                          Healthcare providers, retailers, patients and other customers who use Contour TS are advised to check the lot number on the bottles of Contour TS strips and to contact Bayer Diabetes Care for information regarding return and replacement of strips. The lot numbers can be found on the bottom of the box and on the side of the bottle containing the strips. The affected lots begin with WK followed by the characters 7D, 7E, 7F or 7G and then followed by a series of other numbers and letters (for example WK7ED3E52C). Only bottles of test strips with the characters 7D, 7E, 7F, or 7G in the third and fourth position in the sequence are affected. Bottles with a lot number including 7J through 7M after WK are not affected and need not be returned. Additional information can be found at www.bayerdiabetes.com. Please call your Bayer customer service phone number (in the U.S., call 1-800-348-8100) to return any affected bottle of strips and to get a replacement.

                          So it only had to do with that particular model of Contour--TS and that is or was available here through mail order channels only.

                          Here it is again on the FDA Enforcement Report for March 19, 2008--when the recall is incomplete, FDA will, after a period of time, re-list the product in Enforcement Reports.

                          http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ENFORC.../ENF01048.html

                          PRODUCT
                          a) Bayer Contour TS blood glucose monitoring system with 10 blood glucose test strips
                          enclosed; Products 1802 and 1802N (U.S.)
                          , 1810 (Korea), 1811 (India, Korea and
                          Mexico) and 1825 (Mexico), Recall # Z-0931-2008;
                          b) Bayer Contour TS blood glucose test strips packaged in packs of 10, 25, 50 and 100
                          strips; U.S. Product codes 1820, 1823, 1825 and 9578;
                          1835 and 1836 (Korea);
                          1832, 1833 and 1837 (India); 1823 and 1825 (Mexico), Recall # Z-0932-2008

                          CODE
                          a) Test strip lots: WK7DD3E31A, WK7DD3E31B, WK7DD3E31D, WK7DD3E51C,
                          WK7DD3E51D, WK7ED3E02A, WK7ED3E04A, WK7ED3E51B, WK7ED3E52A,
                          WK7ED3E52C, WK7ED3E52D, WK7ED3E52E, WK7ED3E53C, WK7ED3E53F,
                          WK7FD3E01C, WK7FD3E01D, WK7FD3E01E, WK7FD3E04A, WK7FD3E31C,
                          WK7FD3E31D, WK7FD3E31E, WK7FD3E31F, WK7FD3E31H, WK7FD3E32C,
                          WK7FD3E34A, WK7FD3E34B, WK7FD3E51A, WK7FD3E51B, WK7GD3E01A,
                          WK7GD3E02A, WK7GD3E05A, WK7GD3E51A and WK7GD3E51B;
                          b) Test strip lots: WK7DD3E31A, WK7DD3E31B, WK7DD3E31D, WK7DD3E51C,
                          WK7DD3E51D, WK7ED3E02A, WK7ED3E04A, WK7ED3E51B, WK7ED3E52A,
                          WK7ED3E52C, WK7ED3E52D, WK7ED3E52E, WK7ED3E53C, WK7ED3E53F,
                          WK7FD3E01C, WK7FD3E01D, WK7FD3E01E, WK7FD3E04A, WK7FD3E31C,
                          WK7FD3E31D, WK7FD3E31E, WK7FD3E31F, WK7FD3E31H, WK7FD3E32C,
                          WK7FD3E34A, WK7FD3E34B, WK7FD3E51A, WK7FD3E51B, WK7GD3E01A,
                          WK7GD3E02A, WK7GD3E05A, WK7GD3E51A and WK7GD3E51B


                          RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
                          Bayer Healthcare LLC, Mishawaka, IN, by press release and letter on December 21, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

                          REASON
                          Inaccurate Test Strips Results: Results in blood glucose readings with a positive bias are outside the product specifications. Patient test results may demonstrative results 5 percent to 17 percent higher.

                          VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
                          97,000 bottles of test strips

                          DISTRIBUTION
                          Nationwide and Internationally

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                          • #14
                            Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                            Thanks! Not even sure what the Contour TS is!

                            Actually, if they read 5-17% higher they could have called them animal validated!!! : )
                            Denise, Bogie (diabetic, cushings, now cancer), Molly (diabetic)
                            Reba (Cushings) and the other 12 cats and 4 dogs.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Animal Validated Meters???

                              FWIW, here's the Contour TS:

                              http://www.bayerdiabetes.com/1263.htm

                              Just Googled it and I don't see anyone offering the meter but there's a guy on eBay who has the market cornered on test strips for the TS.

                              http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260231045218

                              Bayer has a program for its meter users called C. A. R. E. If you join this (free!) you will get free upgrades of their meters whenever a new one is ready to go on the market.

                              http://www.bayereasycare.com/ProgramBenefits.aspx

                              "Free meter upgrades – Bayer’s top-of-the-line technology is offered to you before it’s available to the general public."

                              If you join and don't have a meter, Bayer will send you a free Contour or Breeze (your choice), just for the asking.

                              http://www.bayereasycare.com/meter/

                              Bayer C. A. R. E. home page where you can join to get free upgrades and also get a free meter if you don't already have one. This program looks like it's similar to Abbott's Friends for Life; joining that when you register your meter means getting free upgrades on it whenever there's a new model of the style you use.

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