Diabetes Meters

Scientists are learning more about diabetes and diabetes care everyday. Just consider the fact that, 100 years ago, insulin had yet to be discovered. The first human patient was not treated with insulin until 1922. The difference between Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes was not discovered and written about until 1935.

Even more astonishing is the fact that diabetes meters were not regularly used for home blood glucose monitoring until the 1980s. Although the Ames Reflectance Meter (a prototype of today's diabetes meters) was used in American clinics and hospitals as early as the 1970s, meters weren't marketed for home use until a decade later.

Scientists did not fully understand the benefit of home blood glucose monitoring (HBGM) until the late 1970s, when they observed the connection between HBGM and improved glycemic control. HBGM is still more common for people with Type 1 diabetes than those with Type 2, despite the fact that the vast majority of Americans with diabetes suffer from Type 2. Home monitoring has been credited with reducing the frequency and severity of diabetes' more insidious complications, such as vision loss, gangrene, and renal failure.

At Focus Express Mail Pharmacy, we have both the extensive knowledge and the wealth of products that smart diabetics demand. We carry a wide range of the very best diabetes meters, including meters from Abbott Diabetes Care, Accu-Chek, Ascensia, Home Diagnostics, and LifeScan.