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Eversense CGM User Guide
Illness & Stress
When you are ill or stressed, your glucose is impacted, and this may be a consideration for making treatment
decisions. Keep in mind that stress is not always negative. You could find your glucose levels changing while headed
on vacation or going to a fun social event. Your health care provider can help you create a plan for treatment decisions
when you are sick or in stressful situations.
Medications
Understand how the medications you take impact your glucose. Some diabetes medications work to decrease your
glucose, and some medications, like steroids, may increase your glucose levels. With Eversense, medications of the
Tetracycline class may falsely lower glucose and you should not rely on CGM readings when taking drugs in this class.
Talk with your health care provider about the medications you take and what to consider about them when making
treatment decisions.
Eversense Glucose Alerts
Your health care provider will help you determine the target range and glucose alert levels that are right for you. Pay
careful attention to your Eversense glucose alerts – you may need to make a treatment decision. When you receive
an Out of Range Glucose Alert, the sensor glucose value is below 40 mg/dL with LO displayed instead of a number, or
above 400 mg/dL with HI displayed instead of a number. Ask your health care provider about how treating very low
and very high glucose may be different from the way you otherwise treat, and always use your BG meter to make a
treatment decision.
Look Ahead
Carefully consider the time of day when making CGM treatment decisions, just like you do when using your BG meter.
For example, if your glucose is high and rising just before bedtime, adjust your insulin dose according to your health
care provider’s recommendation. Also think about how to treat if you are planning to exercise or will be sitting in a
meeting all day. Your health care provider may recommend adjusting your treatment decision based on what is about
to happen in order to avoid high or low glucose.
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