Hypo Treatments?

[getcarter76]

Another Jelly baby fan here (*jumps up and down with hand in the air*) I didn't know they were soooo good at rasing the BG until i too found this site (only been about 28 years 🙄)!!!

I am with you though as I find that dextrose tablets split in your bag etc but i also hate them (scarred from childhood an all). I do always have a bottle of lucozade to hand but have also found I have acquired a typical womans handbag in that i seem to have everything i can possibly cram into it these days lol!!

I have also now learnt something new re Glucotabs...i have not heard of them or ever tried them. Can you get them from Boots? And what do they taste of? I shall have a re-read if this is already mentioned as i haven't read all the answers yet.

Bernie xx 🙂

 

[getcarter76]

I bought one pack of Dextro/Gluco/Polyfilla/Dishwasher Tabs. Never again 😛

Ahhh thats all i need to know....

Bernie xx

 

[bigpurpleduck]

I wasn't too keen on the orange glucotabs, but the raspberry ones were ace. Far better than lucozade or dextro tabs. More like sherbet than anything else! But as I said, difficult to get them where I live.

 

[Plastirion]

I would have the same problem with Lucozade and jelly babies, would want to consume the lot so I have 2 or 3 Maynards wine gums (sorry Maynards!) I have half packets in bags all over the place. Found out I was diabetic because I lived on Lucazade for a week when I felt unwell and was rushed into hospital!
Joan

 

[fruitloaf]

dextro tablets for me, if I'm at home I follow this with plum jam on toast 🙂 which always makes me feel better!

 

[Curdster]

Like everyone else I have masses of un eaten hard Dextrose which I hate. Can't stand that crunchy powder feeling you get in your mouth when trying to get them down quickly. However when I went skiing I started using Colin Caterpillars from M&S. Easy to chew quickly and coated with sugar so act quickly too. Taste great as well. Also great for incentivising children to keep walking with you on long trips out!!! Also a Maynards fan too butnot the balck ones. Green for me.

 

[novorapidboi26]

6 jelly babies for me.................I started doing this post DAFNE...........before I mucnhed on all sorts of things as it was so satisfying.........

 

[MeanMom]

Do jelly babies work faster than Lucozade tablets then? How many jelly babies equals one lucozade tablet?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

How many jelly babies equals one lucozade tablet?

Depends on the size of the bag I think...

The 'standard' JBs in those big yellow bags at garages/newsagents are approx 5-6g per baby.

Then there are the mini bags you get in some of the variety packs, handy because they come in their own little pocket-sized bag. These are around 15-20g for the bag I think (can't quite remember).

I have heard people saying they are a) just as quick and b) nothing like as quick as dextro/gluco tabs

Anything solid is likely to be slightly slower than a similarly concentrated liquid too. So Lucozade/full-on Coke are probably 'slightly' faster I think.

 

[novorapidboi26]

The 'standard' JBs in those big yellow bags at garages/newsagents are approx 5-6g per baby.

Asdas own is 3.5g per baby, makes for a more satisfying mucnh.....

 

[Richard Taylor]

first point of call is gluco tabs, I buy the pots of 50 and always have a tube of 10 in my pocket. If working on garden or diy I have a stash of Jelly babies and lucozade, also a fan of biscuits but realise they're not so quick acting, they still get you up a though!

You can buy glucotabs from medicalshop.co.uk, if you wait around they do deals for buying 4 or 6 pots at a time, normally the day after I've put my order in🙄

Rossi 🙂

medicalshop.co.uk is very expensive. I get them in bulk from Boots online store, works out cheaper than a six pack of Lucozade, plus I can collect them at the local shop or get them delivered.

 

[Lauren]

Individual juice cartons. Not as fast acting as Lucozade etc but still work pretty quickly. I can't stand dextro/glucotabs etc and the cartons are easy to stash in handbags, desk drawers etc. Plus they're nice and easy to drink 🙂

 

[AlisonM]

Up to 6 jelly babies, a small amount of juice or coke, or in desperate straights a banana toastie or some chips. Those last two are for hypo days when I can't get my numbers off the floor and only after I've tried everything else. I have a small zip lock bag in my kit with jelly babies in because I can't bear the taste of the glucotabs etc., and I get very fussy when hypo so it's easier to feed me JBs. I won't take Lucozade either as I hate the stuff, and it's not worth fighting me over it. I'm not the nicest person when seriously hypo, though I don't get violent, I have a VERY sharp tongue.

 

[Maryanne29]

Glucotabs at work, in the car, in the kitchen, in handbag but my first choice at home is Jelly Babies.

 

[SB2015]

I reckon the DAFNE course tutors should get shares in the makers of jelly babies.

Jelly babies are definitely best for me as they don't leak, squash (too much) or break.
Like others I do not like glocutabs. I just have bags of JB everywhere I go.

Sue

 

[khskel]

Glucotabs for me - handy container and I don't care about the taste, they are purely medicinal.

 

[AlisonM]

Glucotabs for me - handy container and I don't care about the taste, they are purely medicinal.

See, that's my problem, I do care and I can be very childish indeed when I'm hypo.

 

[khskel]

See, that's my problem, I do care and I can be very childish indeed when I'm hypo.

My problem would be resisting Jelly babies. If I had the self control required I'd choose chilli and cherry licorice.

 

[AlisonM]

My problem would be resisting Jelly babies. If I had the self control required I'd choose chilli and cherry licorice.

I'm normally pretty well behaved, unless I'm hypo, then it's "gimme, gimme, NOW!!!".

 

[stephknits]

Jelly babies for me. I have geriatric babies at the mo.