# The ReliOn Premier Blu: a new Walmart Bluetooth meter with cheap strips **URL:** \ **Category:** C/GM\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-relion-premier-blu-a-new-walmart-bluetooth-meter-with-cheap-strips/3428 "2018-02-04T17:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 85
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-relion-premier-blu-a-new-walmart-bluetooth-meter-with-cheap-strips/3428/85 "2019-02-15T21:48:43Z")
Also know that a short “ish” drive to the Mexican border and you can purchase your insulin for the same price or less than the over the counter price in Canada if you want to stay on Lantus. See this thread for more info, including current prices: > [@Newbie here and this T1D thing - anyone use Humulin 70/30 or the Walmart Novolin 70/30 with VLCD?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/newbie-here-and-this-t1d-thing-anyone-use-humulin-70-30-or-the-walmart-novolin-70-30-with-vlcd/6199): > > Would love some opinions on using the cheaper insulins while doing the Dr Bernstein low carb diet. I’m having pretty good results, very few hypos, but looking to dial it in a bit better (i.e. still running ~25 points higher in the morning than I want). After being diagnosed during dka March 2018 at age 39 - I was given almost zero training on what I needed to do to manage this. 10 months later, 8 week “diabetes class”, Dr B’s book, and many hours online researching - I convinced my clinic at … You say that Lantus isn’t on the formulary, what is on the formulary? Is just NPH? Do you have a copy. There are currently a pretty good list of possible basal insulins out there. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-relion-premier-blu-a-new-walmart-bluetooth-meter-with-cheap-strips/3428)._