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Permalink Reply by Sarah Kay on June 6, 2009 at 7:48am

if no one here can use them, ask your local shelter if they want them. I did that. I had a bunch of expired accu chek strips and they took them to hand out to the homeless that needed them, they didnt take my meter, they gave new ones out.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan on June 6, 2009 at 8:56am

you can also donate them on several different websites just google donate test supplies :)

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Permalink Reply by shelly on April 7, 2012 at 4:01pm

do you steel have them

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Permalink Reply by Laddie on April 7, 2012 at 4:35pm

I found BD meters to be the worst and most inaccurate meter that I ever used. Whether it was the meters or the strips I don't know. But if it were me, I'd toss them. They are almost 5 years past their expiration. Plus, do they even make BD meters anymore? Since Nova Max purchased the BD meter business (I think), maybe the BD strips work with those meters.

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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on April 7, 2012 at 6:13pm

22 boxes? You really need to clean more often.

You need to thrown them out, they are expired. That s*cks, but they are unreliable.

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on April 7, 2012 at 6:26pm

When I read this, I realized I didn't really know how test strips work. I suspected that they just sucked up the blood for the meter, but I was wrong! I found this page if you're interested.

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Permalink Reply by jeffri kay on April 7, 2012 at 6:31pm

on the subject of expired test strips...check to see if they are indeed still accurate...use a non expried strip and an expired strip with your bg's and see if these expiration dates are even neccessary. or are they just a ruse to have us buying more crap?

on the subject of passing expired products on to the homeless...when you have deemed these products unrealiable or unworthy of personal use. really?

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Permalink Reply by Scott E on April 7, 2012 at 10:02pm

Guys, I posted this nearly three years ago. I don't remember how I got to have such a large supply, but no, I don't still have them; and I haven't had them for a really long time.

I agree with Lathump about the meter's (in)accuracy. That's probably the reason I never gave the Novamax meter a chance; I suspect it's the same old POS with a new paint job. Tis a shame, because they're smaller and need less blood than the OneTouch Ultralink.

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Permalink Reply by gigem99 on April 7, 2012 at 10:16pm

I'm also in agreement about the BD meter's accuracy. What's surprising to me, is that the two Novamax meters I have don't seem to have the problem.

I thought the Novamax was just the BD meter which had been re-packaged, but it seems my Novamax (both the regular one and the Novamax Link) appear to be very consistent with my OneTouch meters. That certainly wasn't true of the BD meters.

Tom

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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on April 9, 2012 at 4:52am

I didn't even look at the post date! That post is even more expired than the strips ever were.

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