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Almost all of the over the counter cold/flu relief remedies are not suitable for us D's.
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Not necessarily true, usually they just put that warning on to cover themselves. Most pharmaceutical products haven't been specifically tested on people with diabetes so usually they just say 'not suitable' to stop you taking them in case something did actually happen to you.
Put this way, when you're ill your BG is going to be all over the place anyway, so you should be testing frequently, so you shouldn't get caught out. Generally whenever I get a cold I'm straight on the Lemsip, which is just paracetamol, that stuff they put in Sudafed that makes your nose run, and caffeine. Obviously the drinks contain a certain amount of sucrose to make them palatable but you'll actually find they put the carb amount on the packet so you know how much.
The way I see it, if over-the-counter cold meds really did have a significant effect on BG levels, they'd be used to treat diabetes and not colds. Any BG effect you experience after taking them is probably far more down to the confusion of your liver as part of your immune response.
Obviously the above doesn't take into account any interactions that these meds might have with stuff like metaformin. But I know that I can quite safely take Lemsip or any other over-the-counter cold rememdy quite safely as a T1.
