Acarbose seems to help me with my symptoms. I was wondering if anyone else has tried a medication or knows about a medication that can help with reactive hypoglycemia.
Hi
@fronty, welcome to our forum,
We have had a few posters come on the forum, and mention acerbose, and the majority are not too happy with the drug, for a few reasons, mainly because it causes stomach issues, and also the advice to keep eating carbs, despite that RH ers are carb intolerant. And the posters still had fluctuating blood glucose readings and continued to have symptoms.
If it works for you, then great, I would advise you to continue using acerbose.
My endocrinologist prescribed Januvia (Sitagliptin) and this works for me, but doesn't work for everyone, RH is so individual and using a glucometer and a food diary to test and experiment, this will give you more of an idea what is happening to you after food and drink, and what you are intolerant to.
Januvia works for me, because I have a very weak initial insulin response, this causes glucose dumping, which spikes my blood glucose levels quickly. My secondary insulin response, overshoots, I produce too much insulin and my blood glucose levels drop down into hypo levels. Januvia improves my initial insulin response sufficiently to cope with the glucose initially, but it does not prevent the overshoot or the hypos!
Only food and control can stop the trigger. If after eating, I remain in or just above normal blood glucose levels, then I don't trigger the secondary insulin response.
No hyper, no hypo!
So, I eat and enjoy a very low carb diet, I avoid the food that I'm intolerant to, I avoid the food that causes spikes, and I'm healthier and have more energy, because of this.
What tests have you had?
What dietary advice have you been given?
Any other conditions that may effect your digestive system?
Best wishes and welcome to the forum.