Are you a CGM user with type 2 diabetes?
Consider sharing your data with MCT2D!
If you use a Abbott Freestyle CGM, under your connected practices, enter the practice ID: MCT2DCGM
LEARN MOREWhy share my data?
Your data will help MCT2D show why CGMs are beneficial and should be covered by insurance for patients with type 2 diabetes.
You can turn off data sharing at any time through either LibreView or Clarity.
BACKGROUND
The first ever continuous glucose monitor (CGM) was approved by the FDA in 1999. Since that time, the primary utilization of CGMs has been to provide real-time awareness of hypoglycemic events to patients with type 1 diabetes. Since its initial approval, CGM technology has advanced rapidly and so to, it’s breadth of therapeutic relevance. Recent clinical trials have demonstrated clear and concise evidence that CGMs are an effective tool for individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Individuals with T2D benefit from CGM in two main capacities, medication optimization and diet modification.
WHAT IS A CGM?
CGMs consist of a subcutaneous sensor that measures interstitial glucose, a transmitter to send the information, and a monitoring device to receive and display that information to the patient and their healthcare provider. To use a CGM, a patient inserts a small, flexible sensor into their arm or abdomen, where it remains for 10-14 days. A transmitter connected to the sensor permits the CGM device to send close-to real-time readings to a monitor device that will display a patient’s blood glucose data - this can be an app on a patient’s phone or a separate monitoring device.
Hear from Bob, who has Type 2 Diabetes:
“I had a CGM. it made it easier to be more accountable. I had more of a goal, to see that number, to try to keep it down.”
HOW CGMS CAN IMPROVE T2 DIABETES CARE
Finger poke blood sugar testing provides only a snapshot in time, rather than a comprehensive view of a person’s glucose over the course of an entire day. For example, imagine a patient with a relatively good HbA1c of 6.5% who checks their sugar by pricking their fingers twice a day, once in the morning, and once before bed. Both of these readings are usually in the 120-150 range. Between these readings and their A1c result, the patient’s provider does not recommend any changes to diet and medications. However, what this does not show is that this individual is experiencing high glucose levels of 200-250 after meals, and low glucose values of 58-70 during the night, resulting in their average A1c of 6.5%. By utilizing a CGM, this individual and their provider are able to address both medication optimization and diet modification. After wearing a CGM for 14 days, the patient and provider see these peaks and valleys and the provider suggests that the patient start a low carbohydrate diet to reduce their high glucose peaks after meals, as well as reduce their nighttime basal insulin by 20% to prevent their lows. After a few weeks, the patient wears another CGM sensor and they see that their post meal glucose values are now between 130-160, and that they are no longer having lows at night. This example helps demonstrate the very real benefit that CGM has for patients with type 2 diabetes.
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