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02-26-2007, 02:55 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tennessee
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| |  Do you carry your Glucose Tablets everywhere you go?
Hi, My doctor has told me to carry my Glucose tablets in my pants or coat and make sure I have them in my house and vehicle at all times. She said if I need them I need to take 4 tablets instead of just one. In the past I just took one pill and she said that's not enough. I'm just starting to taking two 5mg pills of Glyburide a day.
Rob |
02-26-2007, 03:07 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, دبيّ
Posts: 3,059
| | | Always carry a pack with me. Then again I'm a T1 so I guess I have a greater scope than you for having a hypo.
When I was first dxed at 14 I'd have a hypo at anything below 5 and would only need one glucose tab to bring me back to normal. Now it's usually 3-4, although I also use glucose tabs as an absolute last resort. If I can get a regular soft drink or some other form of sugar from somewhere I'll go with that first - the glucose tabs are 'survival food' and I like to save them for when there's absolutely nothing else around. That way they last longer and I feel more secure.
I also keep a pack in the car and a 2 litre bottle of Lucozade under my bed for nighttime hypos. |
02-26-2007, 03:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
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| | | I always have glucose tabs in my coat pocket. Used to carry around hypo stop in my meter case too, but i decided to stop that cuz it bulked it up more. So now ill just take hypo stop with me if we go on a day out or something.
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02-26-2007, 04:07 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,300
| | | I carry a tube of them in my meter case (the Ultrasmart meter case is perfect for this.) However I rarely use them. I've had them for 2 years and they still taste as nasty as the day I first got them. I generally just find something else to eat instead of them.
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02-26-2007, 04:16 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Rosa Texas
Posts: 724
| | | We have some in our First Aid Kit in the Truck...
Uuumm.... well I think they're rotten in there .... oops.. I need to change them out.. Thanks, for the reminder...
So the answer is No....Personally not on me....
At work I have the gel stuff... goes down better...less chalky.... |
02-26-2007, 04:30 AM
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| | | Hi Rob, The reason for 4 glucose tabs is that equals about 15 grams of carbohydrates and he probably uses that as his rule of thumb for hypos. My son always carries them in his pocket.
Margaret |
02-26-2007, 05:03 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
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| | | the lucozade tabs are far tasteir then the dextrose tabs.
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13/10/2006 - 7.2% | 15/12/2006 - 6.0% | 29/06/2007 - 7.1% | 02/11/2007 - 7.8% | 29/02/2008 - 6.5% | 07/08/2008 - 6.8
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02-26-2007, 06:02 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,217
| | | I love orange Dextrosol tabs... mmmmmm.......
That being said, I don't carry them 100% of the time, but I try to whenever i remember.
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02-26-2007, 06:02 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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| | I carry them as well. A pack in both my bags I carry with me usually along with in the pocket of both of my jackets.
I hardly ever need to use them, but when I do its worth it  ). Wow, 4 tabs? Even when really low I never take more than 1-2. I'm a type-1. |
02-26-2007, 06:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Originally Posted by Gangrel  I love orange Dextrosol tabs... mmmmmm.......
That being said, I don't carry them 100% of the time, but I try to whenever i remember. | I'll send you my 2 year old bottle of them. They claim to be orange but taste like dried up paper. Maybe even sawdust. And they tasted that way when I first got them.
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~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
02-26-2007, 06:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
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| | | I carry them all the time. When I'm low, I take anywhere between 1 and 4 depending on how low I am and what else is available to eat.
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02-26-2007, 07:03 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,191
| | | Yes, always. I'm Type 1 and very independent about my Diabetes. Rarely use them, but if it's a bad low, I mention it to my companion while I pop a few, just in case I hit the deck. (I never have ;-) |
02-26-2007, 07:22 AM
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| | | I've never heard of type 2s on just pills carrying glucose tablets around. Generally speaking, pills won't cause lows, but I don't know the specifics of glyburide (or any of the oral medications).
I always carry mine around.
Like someone else said, 4 tabs is the golden standard, but for a mild low (70s) I find 1 tab is enough.
How low are you going? If you are going low frequently, it suggests your glyburide is too high. |
02-26-2007, 07:31 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg I'll send you my 2 year old bottle of them. They claim to be orange but taste like dried up paper. Maybe even sawdust. And they tasted that way when I first got them. | 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. 
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02-26-2007, 08:11 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
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| | | I have the nations supply of Starbursts in my house and car. I carry them everywhere. I cannot stomach or swallow the chalky glucose tabs so I use Starbursts. I generally will use them up within a few months so they get changed out alot. I do have glucose tabs next to my bed in case of emergency. Yuck........ |
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