I know it might suck but pharmacists (rather than assistants) do tend to have a better/wider understanding of drugs than doctors - their job *is* drugs, that's what they trained to do. However I'd ask them their advice next time, if they can suggest an alternative - as just saying no wasn't...
But fruit juice requires more to be taken (10g per 100 ml as opposed to 15g in lucozade), lucozade is without a doubt the best hypo treatment i have found in my 22 years as a T1 (diagnosed at 3yrs). I don't like the idea of having to pay an extra 25p per bottle to treat my condition.
OK I've been a type 1 diabetic since I turned 3, and as I'm now 25 I've had time to hear some bizarre things and see some serious changes in how diabetes is managed.....
I almost expect the "so are you the type that's low or high?" questions or nosey so and so's being the 'food police' and...
I cannot see in a million years (and I'm a biologist, albeit in a different area) how testing blood could ever affect metformin's activity, just can't! I get that it might not be relevant to test and thats different but still....
Well I've been type 1 diabetic for 22/25 years of my life and have been drinking soya milk for about 3-5 years.
Now I don't know where you are based but sainbury's and most of the big shops do their own bog-standard soya's in the long-life isle; I've found that I actually prefer their...
Haha yeah, I've been diabetic all my life (well since I was 3) and hyper- and hypoglycemia can both cause mood changes. Not necessarily every time but it's a definate symptom. For me it tends to be 'belligerent toddler' when low and 'rage machine' when high.....oh the fun we have