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FreeStyle and related brand marks are trademarks of Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. in various jurisdictions. Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare.

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What is Diabetes

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Diabetes is a lifelong condition where the amount of glucose in your blood is too high due to your pancreas either not producing any insulin, or not enough insulin, to help glucose enter your body’s cells – or the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).

  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • What is Insulin?
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • What Makes Glucose Levels Rise and Fall?
  • What are Ketones?
  • What Happens If You Don't Treat Your Diabetes?
  • What Should My Glucose Be?
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Hyperglycaemia
  • HbA1c Conversion Chart

Living with Diabetes

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Diabetes doesn't have to stop you from living the life you want. With help from your care team and careful management, you can be in control of your diabetes and ensure it doesn't control you - allowing you to stay healthy, active and live life to the fullest.

  • Food and Drink
  • Healthy Living
  • Diabetes and Pregnancy
  • Diabetes in Children
  • Videos
  • Healthy Eating
  • What’s In Your Food?
  • Alcohol
  • The Glycaemic Index
  • Benefits of Exercise
  • Weight Management
  • Smoking
  • Relationships
  • Safe Driving with Diabetes
  • Travelling with Diabetes
  • Partying and Socialising
  • Emotional Impact of Diabetes
  • Support Groups
  • Controlling Your Blood Glucose
  • Healthy Living
  • Taking Care When You Are Ill
  • Avoiding Hypoglycaemia
  • Coping With Morning Sickness
  • Delivery and Your New Baby
  • Your Health After Giving Birth
  • Diabetes and Breastfeeding
  • What Can I Do To Help My Child?
  • Your Child’s Diet
  • Child Diabetes Treatment
  • Blood Glucose Meters
  • Insulin Adjustment
  • Exercise and Your Child
  • When Your Child Is Ill

Managing and Monitoring

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Managing diabetes doesn’t have to be an inconvenience. Taking responsibility for your condition will enable you to take control more effectively and is an opportunity to take those healthy steps that you may have been putting off.

  • Glucose Testing
  • Looking After Yourself
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring
  • Ketone Testing
  • Understanding Your Blood Glucose Results
  • Looking After Your Feet
  • Looking After Your Eyes

Our Products

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Every day, we are constantly striving to innovate and improve our blood glucose meters to make sure we provide you with products you can rely on to effectively manage your diabetes.

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  • FreeStyle Freedom Lite
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  • FreeStyle Optium Blood Glucose Test Strips
  • FreeStyle Optium β Ketone Test Strips
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  • FreeStyle Libre Software
  • FreeStyle Auto-Assist Software
  • FreeStyle Auto-Assist Neo Software
  • FreeStyle CoPilot Software
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  • What is Diabetes
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • What is insulin?
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • What Makes Glucose Levels Rise and Fall?
  • Ketones
  • What Happens if You Don't Treat Your Diabetes?
  • Living with Diabetes
  • Food and Drink
  • Health Living
  • Diabetes and Pregnancy
  • Children and Diabetes
  • Videos
  • Managing and Monitoring
  • Glucose Testing
  • Looking After Yourself
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring
  • Ketone Testing
  • Our Products
  • FreeStyle Libre System
  • LibreLink App
  • LibreLinkUp App
  • FreeStyle Optium Neo
  • FreeStyle Freedom Lite
  • FreeStyle InsuLinx
  • Other Meters
  • Testing Strips
  • Software
  • Product Specifications
  • What Makes Glucose Levels Rise and Fall?
  • What Should My Glucose Be?
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Hyperglycaemia
  • HbA1c Conversion Chart
  • Food and Drink
  • Healthy Eating
  • What's In Your Food?
  • Alcohol
  • The Glycaemic Index
  • Health Living
  • Exercise
  • Weight
  • Smoking
  • Relationships
  • Driving
  • Travelling
  • Partying
  • Stress
  • Support Groups
  • Diabetes and Pregnancy
  • Controlling Your Blood Glucose
  • Healthy Living
  • Taking Care When You Are Ill
  • Avoiding Hypoglycemia
  • Coping With Morning Sickness
  • Delivery and Your New Baby
  • Your Health After Giving Birth
  • Diabetes and Breastfeeding
  • Children and Diabetes
  • What Can I Do To Help My Child?
  • Kids Food
  • Child Diabetes Treatment
  • Blood Glucose Meters
  • Insulin Adjustment
  • Exercise and Your Child
  • When Your Child Is Ill
  • Glucose Testing
  • Understanding Your Blood Glucose Results
  • Looking After Yourself
  • Looking After Your Feet
  • Looking After Your Eyes
  • Other Meters
  • FreeStyle Freedom Lite
  • FreeStyle Optium
  • FreeStyle Lite
  • Testing Strips
  • FreeStyle Optium test strips
  • FreeStyle Optium β test strips
  • FreeStyle Lite test strips
  • Software
  • FreeStyle Libre Software
  • FreeStyle Auto Assist Software
  • FreeStyle Auto Assist Neo Software
  • FreeStyle Copilot Software

Contact us

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Customer Careline - 0800 170 1177

If you have any questions about your meter, the Abbott Diabetes Care customer services team is here to help. We are committed to providing you with the help and reassurance you expect.

As well as answering queries on any Abbott Diabetes Care product, we can assist you with:

  • Life-time guarantee, including meter replacement*
  • Easy-to-follow user guides and monitoring diaries to help manage your blood glucose
  • General diabetes literature

*This does not apply to FreeStyle Libre, FreeStyle Navigator or FreeStyle Navigator II

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Please call us on our FREE customer helpline:

Customer Careline Number

0800 170 1177

Meter Upgrade Number

0800 072 1020

Lines are open Monday - Friday, 8.00am to 5.30pm. Or you can e-mail us on ADChelpuk@abbott.com (please include your full name, address and telephone number).

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Flash Glucose Monitoring System

Why prick when you can scan?*

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* Scanning the sensor to obtain glucose values does not require lancets ×

FreeStyle Libre

Flash Glucose Monitoring System

Why prick when you
can scan?1

The days of routine glucose
testing with lancets, test strips and blood are over.2

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*1. Scanning the sensor to obtain glucose values does not require lancets 2. A finger prick test using a blood glucose meter is required during times of rapidly changing glucose levels when interstitial fluid glucose levels may not accurately reflect blood glucose levels, or if hypoglycemia or impending hypoglycemia is reported but the symptoms do not match the system readings. ×

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