We strongly recommend that you perform AST ONLY at the following
times:
• In a pre-meal or fasting state (more than 2 hours since the last
meal).
• Two hours or more after taking insulin.
• Two hours or more after exercise.
Do NOT use AST if:
• You think your blood glucose is low.
• You often do not notice when your blood glucose is low.
• You think your blood glucose is high.
• Your AST results do not match the way you feel.
• Your routine glucose results are often fluctuate.
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