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It's really frustrating the number of people who just order everything on their prescription list whether they need it or not. My practice nurse said to me that people do that with lancets - there are 200 on one prescription as opposed to usually 50 test strips, but they still order the lancets every month too.... (I'm not sure why they don't just put the lancets on non-repeat so they have to be specifically requested but maybe they think that extra staff time would cost more?)
I’ve been playing this silly game for over 30 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever needed to have lancets on prescription. The ones that come with the fingerpricker are usually enough to outlast the device at my changing frequency 😱 . I think I still have a box of manual stabbers from back in the day somewhere, and I bought myself a box of fastclix drums a year or two back that will most likely see me out!