# Dexcom Smart Basal for T2s

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-smart-basal-for-t2s/15607>\
**Category:** D-News\
**Tags:** dexcom\
**Created:** [November 21, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-smart-basal-for-t2s/15607 "2025-11-21T06:46:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-smart-basal-for-t2s/15607/1 "2025-11-21T06:46:10Z")

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Dexcom just got FDA clearance on a Basal program aimed at new T2 users with G7s. The software is supposed to help the patient fine tune their basal dose after the initial dose has been set by a clinician.

[https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-clears-dexcoms-type-2-diabetes-software-optimizing-basal-insulin-doses](https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-clears-dexcoms-type-2-diabetes-software-optimizing-basal-insulin-doses)

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**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-smart-basal-for-t2s/15607/2 "2025-12-04T03:35:30Z")

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Interesting picture, eh? That would be 140mg/dL; probably the absolute minimum their algorithm will ever give.

More grist for the insulin-causes-Alzheimer’s meme. If you give someone who needs a bolus before a meal a basal instead they go low, all the time. So fix it by making them go high all the time. That may, indeed, avoid Alzheimer’s by preventing detection at a later age.

So yeah, a CGM is important and, yeah, a G7 is a CGM but no, a CGM is **not** a pump and jumping on the tech bro bandwagon is more likely to lead to Alzheimer’s than prevent it.

I’m still not sure what they intend to convey with a picture of someone looking at 140mg/dL. Is that meant to be good, or bad? How on earth can you avoid low BG on Basalgar if you inject enough insulin to cover even one heavy-duty chocolate cake (look to the left) a day?