The Future of Glucose Monitoring | Freestyle Libre 4 CGM!

While the Freestyle Libre 3 CGM was recently released, Abbott is already hard at work on their next generation continuous glucose monitor. This new CGM is not only capable of monitoring glucose levels, but also a second vital parameter, that could potentially save your life. And while theres many other CGM's on the market like the Dexcom G6, G7, Medtronic Guardian, and Eversense E3, no other CGM on the market has a feature quite like this.

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[DISCLAIMER: While I am a Physician Assistant, none of the content I post should be taken as medical advice. Please consult with your doctor or healthcare provider if you have questions about your diabetes management and overall health.]

[gripitsg]

CGM has been a life changing experience with my diabetes control

[SammiJoReviews]

Wow! My husband was diagnosed at 4yrs old. He had to go to the hospital for injections until home glass syringes. Plastic single use was a game changer. Now, some 60 yrs later, we have Libre 1, 2, 3 sensors with a 4th glucose AND ketone monitor. Wow. Thanks for the updates.

[beatingtype]

As a very brittle Type 1 who test ketones 10 times daily and a person living with mitochondrial disease who has suffered from lactic acidosis I am beyond happy to hear that my dreams of what I’ve been saying to my Endo for years are coming true A CKM continuous ketone monitor and Lactic acid monitor are coming true! This could not only help me beat off ketones but also prevent mito crisis induced lactic acidosis.

[Lindsay]

So cool to see new innovations with these devices! Looking forward to seeing what else we’ll be able to track in the future as things progress even more.

[CarlosElio]

I started using Libre 3 system recently. The quick feedback helps me control my behavior much better. I measure ketones with the color paper. Thank you for alerting your viewers about Libre 4.

[markporter]

Thanks for providing the news on Abbott's upcoming CGMs.
As a longtime Freestyle Libre user along with a Medtronic insulin pump, I recently switched to the Dexcom 6 and Omnipod 5 to achieve the imperative blood sugar/insulin compatibility.
The great news about Abbott's prospective Libre 4 is not just its ability to measure ketones but also its connectivity with Omnipod and T-Slim.

[ksharif]

I kept on seeing articles about how others were also using OUR CGMs for dietary or sports reasons.
Thankfully Abbott is bringing them into the fold, which means more investment and better choice as the market grows.
A win for everyone.

[dariomendoza]

Great news and tech advances. It is a shame that many of these devices are only available for the US and European countries and for patients living in LATAM are not available. Best case scenario is taking 3-4 additional years to be launched in this region. Right now, we are still on Freestyle ONE in LATAM and with very low probability to even get the TWO.

[theresamelvin]

I'm currently using libre 3 which I love but this is a game changer everything together no more finger picks again can't wait

[bettywhill]

I’m on a keto diet so would love to be able to monitor ketones!

[blahblah]

This is amazing. I want the dual glucose/ketone monitor right now. I have been using Freestyle Libre2 for two years, and the addition of ketone monitoring would help me when I fast. I have tried urine test strips for ketones, but they didn't work for me. I am not excreting ketones in the urine when I fast. I did not bother buying ketone test strips for blood drops, because of the expense.
I wonder if the Abbot Labs dual monitor will be more expensive than the current glucose only monitors.

[BeemerPrinting]

I so wish my Blue Cross plan covered this.

[ebhhse]

Hi,
I am a 61 year old non diabetic who has been in Natural Ketosis for 3.5 years. In the first 4 months I easily reduced my bmi from 33 to 22.

I used a freestyle libre 1 cgm for 2 two week periods to understand how my glucose levels were affected by food and exercise and took daily finger prick and regular keto breath levels.

A freestyle 4 would give a much better understanding of peoples metabolism. The treatment potential for the obesity diseases, types 2 and 3 diabetes(dementia), for people to stay in ketosis is a huge market. a combined alcohol level reading would also help those who want to try it and continue to drink in moderation.

Doctors would also end up understanding how each patient was doing without relying on their patients verbal answers.

Diabetes type 1 individuals using less than 20 carbs per day and geting their carbs through the gluconeogenesis of protein, thus substantially reducing their injected insuline to maybe a 10th of their current dosages, would be able to gain control with much less stress. A type 1 diabetic who is fat adapted can have their brain fuelled by ketones when their blood sugar goes low. preventing them becoming unconcious and allowing them to fix their own glucose lows.


The highest Natural ketone blood level that I measured was 7.1 mmol/L, well below the 15 to 24 mmol/L that only type 1 diabetics can reach.
my concern with the Libre 4 woul be in the software being set to not allow this kind of value to be reached without alarms being forced to be reached.

A step in the right direction by abbott - next step is to educate doctors and other health professionals in nutrition and human metabolics.

Hopefully big pharna, the medical establishment, and food industry will not sabotage this step in the right direction.
Thanks
Rob in Sweden

[manojm]

Will it become OTC like in other countries?

[wizzarin]

I'm waiting for the libre that is linked to a pump to give insulin when needed automatically. That is what they should be working on.

[tyekajada]

Any body know when the 4 is going to be available

[HepCatJack]

Being able to gauge insulin levels could be useful to detect if artificial sweeteners elicited an insulin response even if blood sugar levels haven't gone up.

[ecwnikos]

wow freestyle keytones cant wait for that

[JamesMashburn]

Wish they would make an apple watch app and integrate to apple health!

[pgsats]

I am very pleased to see this but I wish their marketing would get on with it. I live in Europe and I can only access version 1 other countries in Europe can access version 2 or 3 and they actually make the freestyle Libre in my country