[Stuboy]

everyone here is saying 4 tabs is equal to 15g. but I've been told by three nurses that 3 is the 15g total.

[belyro]

Originally Posted by Stuboy

everyone here is saying 4 tabs is equal to 15g. but I've been told by three nurses that 3 is the 15g total.

Depends on the tabs. I have two types. One kind is 3g/tab...one is 4g/tab. I imagine other varieties would be different as well.

[belyro]

Originally Posted by Gangrel

LOL.

The ones i get up here in Canuck-land aren't in a bottle, they are sold in foil wrapper.

I just have a weakness for anything orange.

Aaron, those orange ones are raunchy and gag-worthy. Ew.

I like the ones in the blue wrap (plain)...but alas, they are very difficult to find. I've mostly switched to Dex-4 now which taste great but don't fit well in my pocket. With Dextrosol I could break the pack in half and they were a great pocket-size.

[Injecto]

I use 'em up like candy. I use Dex 4 tabs all the time, as little pick me uppers (when I'm in the 4s) and to treat lows.

I love all the flavours, less that horrible raspberry one, which really sucks because I LOVE raspberries.

[RLK]

Has anyone tried Glucoburst? It's a cherry-flavored gel, similar to those little gel packets that runners use, and it has 15 g of carbs. I tried one over the weekend, and found it to be quite tasty and it worked very quickly. I'm definitely going to buy more.

[Rob43]

Hi, The pill named Glyburide is to lower my BG's level. My BG runs around 140 to 290 a day and this doctor of mine wants to bring it down and make it between 90-120 a day. Glyburide informtion is below.

MICRONASE Tablets contain glyburide, which is an oral blood-glucose-lowering drug of the sulfonyl-urea class. Glyburide is a white, crystalline compound, formulated as MICRONASE Tablets of 1.25, 2.5, and 5 mg strengths for oral administration. Inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, dibasic calcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium alginate, talc. In addition, the 2.5 mg contains aluminum oxide and FD&C Red No. 40 and the 5 mg contains aluminum oxide and FD&C Blue No. 1. The chemical name for glyburide is 1-[[p-[2-(5-chloro-o-anisamido)-ethyl]phenyl]-sulfo-nyl]-3-cyclohexylurea and the molecular weight is 493.99. The structural formula is represented below.

Thanks, Rob

[Gangrel]

Originally Posted by belyro

Aaron, those orange ones are raunchy and gag-worthy. Ew.

I like the ones in the blue wrap (plain)...but alas, they are very difficult to find. I've mostly switched to Dex-4 now which taste great but don't fit well in my pocket. With Dextrosol I could break the pack in half and they were a great pocket-size.

Well, there's just no accounting for taste!

The Dex-4 ones are good too, but that big plastic thing they come in is a pain to carry.

Dextrosol is getting harder and harder for me to find. When I do find some, I buy 5 or 6 packs at a time.......

I tend to stay away from having Starburst or Lifesavers anywhere, because i'll have a habit of eating them even when I'm not low.....

[Funnygrl]

Rob- how low does your blood sugar go? I'm just wondering, cause I know many type 2s don't go below 70, and when I'm 70, one or two tabs is enough to bring me out of it.

[Rob43]

My BS went down to 60 one time because I was taking this drug Glyburide and it was 2.5 mgs but otherwise it never drops that low. It's been on the high side all this time. I wondering if BG between 150-300 is considered bad for a diabetic? I even had my BG as high as 500 and never did no it. I didn't feel it at all.

Thanks, Rob

[right2fight]

Hi RLK, Are the glucoburst costly? I now the glucose gel tubes are expensive and also have an expiration date printed so small you wouldn't even know it was there. I use these as backups for school, I'll look for the glucoburst.

Thanks, Margaret

[Funnygrl]

Originally Posted by Rob43

My BS went down to 60 one time because I was taking this drug Glyburide and it was 2.5 mgs but otherwise it never drops that low. It's been on the high side all this time. I wondering if BG between 150-300 is considered bad for a diabetic? I even had my BG as high as 500 and never did no it. I didn't feel it at all.

Thanks, Rob

Yeah...150 to 300 is pretty high. I try and stay between 70 and 130.

[lgvincent]

The tablets have never helped me so I don't bother with them. I still have a few tubes of instant glucose, a jel, and I always carry it but once I run out I guess I won't carry it any more since the Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland no longer makes the stuff.

[Georgia]

I always have a packet of glucose tablets in my bag but I only use them as a very last resort (yuk) if I am unable to get anything else. I keep lucozade in my car & on my bedside table.

[Keezheekoni]

I always have Dex4 with me. I happen to love the raspberry flavor. I prefer my little Halloween packages of Skittles though...

For those of you wanting to try the Glucoburst, go to their site GlucoBurst Glucose Gel & Diabetic Drinks and sign up for a free sample.

[slipperyelm]

If you are able to produce a lot of insulin it is possible for glyburide to make you hypo. How much insulin your pancreas will produce on this sulfonylurea drug is not entirely predictable. So, yes, you need to be prepared for possible hypos.

For the year that I was on glipizide, I carried candy and my meter everywhere. I didn't dare leave without it, because I did have hypos. After a while, though, I switched to glucose tablets since I could more conservatively match my intake to the amount of sugar needed.

But use that darned meter to tell you when and how much to treat! And test again after treating to make sure you are going in the right direction.

My very last hypo before I got off glipizide, I went down to 43 and had to keep taking more glucose tabs over the next 6 hours (!) because I kept dropping down to the 50's. My pancreas was really pumping out the insulin. I was trying not to overtreat, but had to keep eating glucose tabs because there was so much insulin. (I was only on 2.5 mg extended release glip' daily.)

For me, I hate sulfonylureas! My life, my health, my diabetes is much better without them. I have insulin resistance, but evidently no problem producing lots of insulin. I've chosen to go very low carb instead. Now, I don't even always take my meter with me, much less glucose tabs. I'm untethered and never need to eat like NOW as I did on glipizide. In the future, I would rather inject a measured amount of insulin than produce an unpredictable amount of it due to sulfonylurea pills. But I guess a lot of people are successful with it for some years before going to injected insulin.