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Hypo Treatments?

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bigpurpleduck

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Hi all,

What do you use to treat hypos? I've noticed several people are on jelly babies, which I'd never heard of before.

Lucozade is definitely the one for me. It's always worked best. For 17 years I've used it, and am now at the point where the first hypo symptom I notice is a Lucozade craving!

However, it's not entirely practical for on the go or work. I normally carry Lucozade tablets but A) I find they take much longer to work and B) the packets often get so wrecked in my handbag they need thrown out before I've even opened them. Have also tried Glucotabs as the packaging is much sturdier but they are extremely difficult to get hold of in my area.

Let me know what you use and I'll probably give it a try for my return to work next week!
 
I am one of the jelly baby people. :D

3 has about 15g CHO and fit into one of those coin bank bags which makes them nice and portable.
 
Dextro

Ive just been diagnosed with Diabetes type 2 and taken 1st tablet (Metformin) today.
My Pharmasist gave me Dextro Energy Glucose tablets (available from Boots) incase of an hypo.
 
MCH said:
I am one of the jelly baby people. :D

3 has about 15g CHO and fit into one of those coin bank bags which makes them nice and portable.
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Jelly babies pose a problem in that my man will eat them before the first hypo. Where to hide them?
 
kenneth said:
Ive just been diagnosed with Diabetes type 2 and taken 1st tablet (Metformin) today.
My Pharmasist gave me Dextro Energy Glucose tablets (available from Boots) incase of an hypo.
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Hi Kenneth, welcome to the forum 🙂 If you are just on metformin for your diabetes then it is unlikely that you will need to worry about hypos as this is usually a problem for those on insulin or other medications. Let us know if there is anything you are unsure about and we'll do our best to help!

In answer to the question, I am definitely a jelly baby person, except for the green ones! 😱

http://diabetespoetry.blogspot.com/2010/06/ghastly-green-jelly-babies.html
 
kenneth said:
Ive just been diagnosed with Diabetes type 2 and taken 1st tablet (Metformin) today.
My Pharmasist gave me Dextro Energy Glucose tablets (available from Boots) incase of an hypo.
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Hi kenneth and welcome to the forum like northerner says will be very unlikely you will need the dextros but always good to have around i have two packets in the cupboard just incase.
 
I use Dextro tablets. Never jelly babies because I have no will power and would just end up eating them.

Apart from glucose tablets, if i'm at home I sometimes just stuff my face with whatever carbs are available - bad idea :D
 
I dont go down very low and luckily not very often, about 3.8 - 4.1'ish sees me going a bit wobbly though. I adore Jelly Babies and they would torture me if I had any around so if I can't get hold of orange juice I have the dextrose tablets and they seem to work ok. I also keep a couple of cans of coke at home as that doesn't call to me like the Jelly Babies would. I keep packs of Dextrose everywhere and hubby knows where to find them.
 
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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 🙂
 
For day to day hypos, jelly babies. We've found that 4 will fit into a plastic 'Mentos' chewing gum container which fits into a pocket.

For severe hypos below about 2 and usually in the night, we have small cans of real Coke which are 150ml each. Multi-pack available from tesco. They're about 15g each.

For 30 odd years used to use dextrosol/lucozade tablets but, as said, the packet generally self-destructs before they get used. ANd they go really hard after a few months. 🙄

Rob
 
For me it's gluco-tabs. I don't mind the new ones. Have been getting through a fair few recently. I occasioanlly have lucozade but not often as when i am low I get very thirsty and could drink a 500ml bottle of lucozade easily.
 
Im a jelly baby person :D and i always have a bottle of lucozade by my bed, but find it imprctical to carry it around with me..

Big boxes are on offer at the moment in the Co-op ?2!
 
Jelly baby person too 🙂 and I also keep a little can of coke at the side of my bed. If I'm getting towards a hypo I sometimes have a little bag of the animal biscuits

xx
 
Robster65 said:
For 30 odd years used to use dextrosol/lucozade tablets but, as said, the packet generally self-destructs before they get used. ANd they go really hard after a few months. 🙄
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Which is really appetising when you already feel ill!

Looks like jelly babies are winning so far...
 
bigpurpleduck said:
Looks like jelly babies are winning so far...
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In which case I'll see your jelly babies and raise you Lucozade, Fruit Pastilles, and those little minibags of Skittles in the variety packs.

tbh for 20 odd years I just ate any fun-sized bar I fancied (I know, I know...).

I bought one pack of Dextro/Gluco/Polyfilla/Dishwasher Tabs. Never again 😛
 
Glucotabs every-time, usually buy the 50 tablet pots and spread them around in the 10 tab containers. All this talk of jelly babies may sway me to buy a packet or two, but how do you stop at eating 2 or 3 to treat a hypo, once I started I would probably eat the whole packet! Toby.
 
toby said:
Glucotabs every-time, usually buy the 50 tablet pots and spread them around in the 10 tab containers. All this talk of jelly babies may sway me to buy a packet or two, but how do you stop at eating 2 or 3 to treat a hypo, once I started I would probably eat the whole packet! Toby.
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Just carry green ones around with you 😉
 
I'm with you in that I usually treat hypos with lucozade, finds it works really quickly without having to have too much, I keep it everywhere, in the car, at work etc. and it doesn't get taken by my husband or eldest daughter, unlike Jelly Babies! 🙂 If I'm at home I usually go for biscuits as a cup of tea and biscuits is one of my guilty pleasures!
 
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