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[stuartclose]

I was a silly so and so over the weekend, I have had a tickly cough so without looking at the label I bought some medicine to help me. At 6.20 on Saturday evening after a tea of small jacket potato with low fat baked beans my bs was 6.9. During the evening I felt really odd, sick, hot and cold etc. so at about 8.40 I took another reading 19.0 - my husband checked the cough medicine and low and behold on the very bottom at the back in very small writing was Not Suitable for Diabetics.

Come Sunday morning it was down to 12.2 and again at 5.20 I was 6.4.

I take 2 Metformin am, 1 Gliclazide, inject Byetta twice a day and at evening meal take 2 more Metformin.

So watch out for the writing on cough medicine bottles.

Pauline

 

[Hobs]

I expect you already know this but I'll write it anyway ... those reduced fat baked beans. Often the low fat version of a processed food will have extra sugar in some form added to give it the flavour lost by reducing the fat.
I used to buy Weight Watchers soups, beans etc etc until my DN put me straight and now I buy regular everything after checking labels...it has saved me a few pounds in wallet and around my waist.

 

[totsy]

it could have been the medicine but also could have been the beans and potato :?