Blood Glucose Meter

[lopburi3]

Unable to find strips for US model so need something available here that requires a low level of blood, or alternate site testing, as wife accuses me of being a vampire and causing pain now.

[george]

I bought a Lifescan OneTouch Ultra with lancets and teststrips. Works like a charm! Cost about 4,000 Baht, but well worth it.

[lopburi3]

That sounds the type I am looking for and found J&J has a site out in the industrial center here in Thailand. Did you buy here? If so where? Don't want to get talked into something else if go to wrong place to ask. Thanks.

[Ajarn]

Lopburi, the most common brand of tester I've seen here is the Accu Trend and Accu Check brands... I've been able to find test strips (25 for about 500 baht) at even smaller drug stores.. I've been usng them for about 5 years... Mine is an AccuTrend 'Active'.... Small and self-contained travel kit, easy to use, even with one hand

Bumramgard (sp) has a small shop with several different brands, and I'd guess that any machine you buy here will have test strips available throughout the Kingdom, but the 'Accuxxx' brand is, for sure, sold widely.

[george]

All leading Pharmacies in Thailand sells the Ultrascan.

Here is their website:

http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=U&start=1&q.../ultra/&e=10012

[Ajarn]

Here is some info that might be useful to you.. It also has a comparison graph.. http://www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/recomx4c.html

and the meter that I use...

http://www.accu-chek.com/products/meters_active.jsp

[lopburi3]

Thanks for the info. Hospital provided an old model Accu Chek Advantage on loan with the curved test strips and have only been able to fill two out of six with enough blood to get a check so did not want to get that model but the Active looks much better in the amount of blood needed and (hopefully) an easier to use thin strip for blood.

[Ajarn]

Thanks for the info.  Hospital provided an old model Accu Chek Advantage on loan with the curved test strips and have only been able to fill two out of six with enough blood to get a check so did not want to get that model but the Active looks much better in the amount of blood needed and (hopefully) an easier to use thin strip for blood.

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I also have that older model, and I had the same hassles with it, so it's sitting in my drawer...

Good luck

[Chensm]

Ascensia by Bayer claim their test strips last longer as there seal each test strips seperately and have seperate expiry date after open. Whereas other brands have same expiry date for the whole container of test-strips after open the container.

However, it appear that Home Diagnostics was best selling on Amazon.com

http://www.diabetesmilkpowder.com

[lopburi3]

The problem is finding anything here in Thailand; and Bayer was the brand I could not find at all several years ago when looking. I have checked 8 drug stores this week, from Boots, Watsons and independents in the Latphao area of Bangkok and only one even had a meter for sale (Boots and was an old Accu-check Advantage model). Had no problem finding meters/strips in Chiang Mai but guess in Bangkok will have to visit central business district.