My insurance approved an Alere home monitoring system for INR? How accurate are they? I have to sign a disclaimer due to APS diagnosis!

[julieej]

[Annette53]

wow, may I ask what insurance you have? I would like to get one of these....not sure of accuracy....but tired of running to doc every other week.

[julieej in reply to Annette53]

My insurance is sponsored by the hospital I work at and yes it's an awesome plan! I'm chained to that place because of the insurance!

[tassie]

There are some apls sufferers who get inaccurate results with these machines and I am one of them. On the other hand many are able to use them so really the only way you will know if it's accurate for you is to run a comparison over several weeks, getting a venous draw at the same time as you do a finger prick test on your machine and comparing the results.

[julieej]

Thanks. I'm trying to decide if it's worth the risk.

[Moonlightonly]

Hi I have had my machine now 4 2 yrs. and never heard of this. Maybe it just your insurance wanting it 4 their records.I have had no problems with taking my blood at home I just have 2 go every 6-12 mons.2 make sure that it giving me the right readings,Good luck,Tina