Is the FreeStyle Navigator® System Right for You?
Here’s a quick checklist that can help you determine if you could benefit from Continuous Glucose Monitoring:
- Do you test more than twice a day?
- Do you experience a lot of ups and downs in your glucose levels?
- Do you use insulin to manage your diabetes?
- Are you worried about hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) at night?
- Do you want to reduce time managing blood glucose lows and highs?
- Do you wish you had a more complete picture of your glucose levels throughout the day?
- Do you want to better understand how diet, exercise, and other activities affect your glucose levels?
- Do you want to achieve more control of your diabetes?
If you answered ‘yes’ to some of these questions, the FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System may be right for you.
Here is what people had to say about the FreeStyle Navigator system from our clinical trials:
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In addition, clinical trial researchers reported an improvement in the participants’ glycemic control even after a brief period of use.2 Speak with your Healthcare Provider to determine if the FreeStyle Navigator system is right for you.
For more information, please contact one of our Healthcare Professionals with any questions about the FreeStyle Navigator system or continuous glucose monitoring. Call toll-free, 24/7: 1-866-597-5520.
Is continuous monitoring right for me?
It could be if:
- You want tighter control of your diabetes
- You test your blood glucose frequently
- You experience a wide range of high and low glucose levels
- You want a more complete picture of your glucose fluctuations
- You want the latest in glucose monitoring technology
1,2 Home Use Evaluation of the FreeStyle Navigator® Continuous Monititoring System as a Safe and Effective Method of Glucose Monitoring, 2006.
If you would like to read more about whether this technology is right for you, read Linda Mackowiak’s article titled “Getting Started with Continuous Glucose Monitoring”.
Call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 1-866-597-5520
Indications and Important Safety Information for the FreeStyleNavigator® System
Safety Information: Users should read all of the instructions in the User's Guide before using the FreeStyleNavigator® Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. Adjustments to treatment should be done under the guidance of the user's health care team.
Indications for Use: The FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System is indicated for continually recording interstitial fluid glucose levels in people (ages 18 and older) with diabetes mellitus for the purpose of improving diabetes management. Readings and alarms about glucose levels from the FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System are not intended to replace traditional blood glucose monitoring. Before adjusting therapy for diabetes management based on results and alarms from the FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System, traditional blood glucose tests must be performed. The FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System provides a built-in blood glucose meter to confirm the continuous glucose result.
The FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System provides real-time readings, graphs, trends, and glucose alarms directly to the user.The FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used in home settings to aid people with diabetes in predicting and detecting episodes of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia and in clinical settings to aid health care professionals in evaluating glucose control. The FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System is available only by prescription.
Contraindications: The FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System must be removed prior to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Prescription Device: Federal law restricts the sale of this device by or on order of a physician.
Warnings/Precautions: Infection, inflammation, or bleeding at the glucose sensor insertion site are possible risks of inserting a sensor into your skin. If you believe your results are not reliable, or are inconsistent with how you feel, perform a blood glucose mode test to measure your glucose. If the problem continues, discard the old sensor and insert a new sensor. Performance of the system under conditions of fluctuating hydration levels such as during renal dialysis has not been evaluated. Unintended dislodging of the sensor due to excessive perspiration, exercise, or bumping, may cause unreliable or no results without warning. Performance of the FreeStyle Navigator system has not been evaluated in pregnant women.
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