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By: Judy Kohn, RN, BSN, CDE
Posted: 04.01.2009

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My daughter’s doctor wants to put her on a peritoneal dialysis solution called Extraneal®. When I called customer service, I was told that there would be interference which would cause the FreeStyle® meter to read falsely high. Would you please elaborate?

Peritoneal Dialysis and Interference From Extraneal

That is correct. As you probably already know, peritoneal dialysis involves injecting fluid into the peritoneal space for 8-16 hours in order to pull off the excess contaminants that the kidneys can't excrete.

Abbott Diabetes Care manufactures the Precision Xtra® system, which uses GDH/NAD,and therefore, is not affected by the peritoneal dialysis solution Extraneal®.¹

FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strips, which use GDH/PQQ chemistry, may cause overestimation of blood glucose results due to interference from peritoneal dialysis solutions containing icodextrin or compounds of Galactose ≥ 13 mg/dL or Maltose ≥ 20 mg/dL (please refer to FreeStyle and/or FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring instructions for use).

If you are a person with diabetes who is undergoing peritoneal dialysis with icodextrin and using a FreeStyle meter, we encourage you to call our Customer Service center at (888) 522-5226 to learn about other alternative meters that can help you better monitor your glucose.

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Data on file at Abbott Diabetes Care.

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