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Roche Coaguchek XS PT INT STRIPS
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ATHENS1964
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Vu lam - I have a couple questions which I think many of us have wondered about and which you may be able to answer.
1. Your website offers a Coaguchek InRange for sale, but not a Coaguchek XS. Does Roche still allow the Coaguchek XS to be sold in the USA?
2. Why do you not sell the Coaguchek XS?
3. Do you require a prescription for the purchase of a Coaguchek InRange meter?
4. Do you require a prescription for the purchase of Coaguchek test strips?
Thank you!
JLmatus
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I personally am grateful to find sellers who sell INR strips. I see no problem with them posting on this site. If people don't want to use them then it is thier choice.
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From the FDA
INR test meters may be prescribed to patients for use in the home, and they may also be used by health care providers at the point of care, such as a health care setting.
From CMS
The monitor and the home testing must be prescribed by a treating physician as required by 42 CFR 410.32(a)
National Blood clot alliance
Your healthcare provider will need to 1) write a prescription for the device 2) be available to instruct you in dosage adjustments and 3) remain medically responsible for your anticoagulation management.
From what I can tell it's possibly against the law in the US to sell either the meter or the strips without requiring a prescription.
Though someone with a greater understanding of legalese would have a better answer.
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Hi,
Thank you for your questions. I am assuming you are referring to the Coaguchek XS meter. From my understanding, this is an older meter kit. The INRange is the newer generation of meters. It is not sold on our site because there wasn't really a demand for this particular meter. Having said that, it is still possible to get this from our distributors. If you are interested, please contact me via our site's email.
Regarding prescription the answer is 'no' for both the meter and test strips. If you are any further questions, you can also email directly via our site's email @ [email protected]
Especially if you know other users have bought from them and gotten a good product at a decent price. Looking around at random websites I sometimes can't tell which ones are scam sites. Even when you look the site up it is still sometimes unclear with things that could indicate either way.
This explains the subscription services I am encountering and not being able to have a home tester covered by insurance. They want you to go through someone who can interpret your results for you to get rid of their liability should someone use the product incorrectly, or just want to make sure you have professionals helping you. *shrug* either way.
Whilst that is the correct link to buy test strips from the Roche authorised distributor, in reality I suspect most UK people get their strips on prescription from their GP/local doctor. If they have to pay for their prescriptions, that would be about £10 (US$12). 90% of people don't pay - they're free if you are a child, over retirement age, on certain social security benefits, or have a chronic condition. I suspect I have missed some categories.
Of course we DO all pay through tax!
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If you require any supplies, please reach out to me and my team and we will get you sorted.
Yes, but when you get your health insurance through work in the US you may as well pay a higher tax rate. I pay like $370 every 2 weeks for my work sponsored health insurance. I did buy the most expensive plan though, knowing hubby would most likely need surgery this year. It can be argued that private insurance is better, in getting seen quicker etc, except it seems lately I have read about SO many people having to wait here for doctor's appointments. Appointments we used to be able to get within a month, a lot of times in a week if you wanted to schedule that quickly, are just not happening.
I don't consider that my comments were harrassment.
Yes, it's a commercial site - supported by advertisements.
Repeatedly posting pricing and availability in this thread goes around the commercial needs to keep this site going - in effect, it's creating free ads without involvement of the company running the site.
I'm glad that he's a sponsor - this should be enough. When we need supplies, we can look at the sponsor directory.
Yes, it's a commercial site - supported by advertisements.
Repeatedly posting pricing and availability in this thread goes around the commercial needs to keep this site going - in effect, it's creating free ads without involvement of the company running the site.
I'm glad that he's a sponsor - this should be enough. When we need supplies, we can look at the sponsor directory.
I'm not sure about needing a prescription to buy a meter or strips.
BUT Roche won't sell to individual users - they will only provide meters THROUGH services - the services may send you a meter, they may send you strips, but they CHARGE the insurance a LOT more than it would cost just for meter or strips. They usually don't give dosing advice - afaik - this comes from the doctor who they transfer the results to.
You need a doctor to prescribe your warfarin and, in most cases, someone in the doctor's office gives you dosing instructions.
You CAN'T get your warfarin without a prescription (although I got some overseas when I didn't have a doctor to prescribe it). It makes sense to require a prescription for warfarin, just as it makes sense to require a prescription for insulin and other drugs that require careful dosing.
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Also - I'm not sure you can find a NEW XS -- for the price, it may make sense to pay a bit more for an InRange and assure a bit of future proofing.
As far as SelfCareDepot, Reliaston, and others - both are legitimate dealers of supplies, but only one at this point is in the sponsor directory. I know where MY business will go - because it's a sponsor - when I need new strips.
One more thing -- I didn't know WHERE to find the Sponsor directory. If you click the Forums tab at the top of each page, the sponsor directory, with selfcaredepot's listing is right at the top. This can direct people right to them. It may be more effective than burying the info into a thread that will probably become relatively inactive in a few weeks or months. If you need strips, just open the Forums tab, and there it is.
BUT Roche won't sell to individual users - they will only provide meters THROUGH services - the services may send you a meter, they may send you strips, but they CHARGE the insurance a LOT more than it would cost just for meter or strips. They usually don't give dosing advice - afaik - this comes from the doctor who they transfer the results to.
You need a doctor to prescribe your warfarin and, in most cases, someone in the doctor's office gives you dosing instructions.
You CAN'T get your warfarin without a prescription (although I got some overseas when I didn't have a doctor to prescribe it). It makes sense to require a prescription for warfarin, just as it makes sense to require a prescription for insulin and other drugs that require careful dosing.
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Also - I'm not sure you can find a NEW XS -- for the price, it may make sense to pay a bit more for an InRange and assure a bit of future proofing.
As far as SelfCareDepot, Reliaston, and others - both are legitimate dealers of supplies, but only one at this point is in the sponsor directory. I know where MY business will go - because it's a sponsor - when I need new strips.
One more thing -- I didn't know WHERE to find the Sponsor directory. If you click the Forums tab at the top of each page, the sponsor directory, with selfcaredepot's listing is right at the top. This can direct people right to them. It may be more effective than burying the info into a thread that will probably become relatively inactive in a few weeks or months. If you need strips, just open the Forums tab, and there it is.
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