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Lucozade instead of glucose - OGTT

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hulahop77

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Hi All

I recently had OGTT done in a private clinic in Scotland but instead of 75g of glucose, they have given me 380ml Lucozade to drink. I thought it was weird ... Even during the test I have asked for confirmation if that drink had needed amount of glucose. The receptionist replied that it was all correct and overlooked by the specialist. Ok, I thought maybe I`m being paranoid. When I got my results they were bizarre. My glucose level after 1hr was actually lower than fasting. When I requested more info about the drink - I got that I drank 380 ml Lucozade orange that has less than 32 carbohydrates total. 75 grams of glucose is 71.3 grams of carbs so basically I only got half of the required dose. When I questioned that I was told that there is no error and the test was done correctly... I feel a bit like I was scammed or maybe I`m wrong? I would very much appreciate your input.
 
I believe Lucozade reduced the glucose in the drink fairly recently. Type 1's will know.
 
Hi, and welcome to the forum.
Was your OGTT a two hours test?
Have you had a previous diagnosis?

I have had six extended OGTT and every time I had 75g of pure glucose (yuk!) I cannot understand why they used lucozade (even yuckier!) because the recipe for the drink has been changed in the last year or so, I would imagine that because of this that the template for the new lucozade has not been researched enough for any useful information would come out of the test.


What was your fasting levels?
How long did you fast? Because if you were tested for T2, sometimes you don't have to fast!
What was the reading that you mentioned, when you were lower.

Keep safe
 
I’m type one and I always used Lucozade as a hypo treatment , however the glucose/ sugar content is vastly reduced now. In fact all the non diet drinks have had their glucose content reduced , almost all except coke cola,! As a result I now use the mini cans of coke cola as they contain the exact amount recommend for a hypo ie 15g of carbs
 
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150gr? I wonder if that's a typo?
 
DCUKMod said:
150gr? I wonder if that's a typo?
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Oops where did that zero come from should be 15 g , that would be some mini can of cola eh , doh

stay safe

“ and so his watch has ended “
 

Hi,

Somebody else on the forum did an oral glucose tolerance test recently & had the same issue regarding the questioning of the reduction of the about of sugar in Lucozade in the amount taken for the test?
I'll try & locate the topic then get back to you with a link..

Reportedly, they have reduced the sugar. Other topics regarding this with T1s as esential hypo treatment..
Never been my number one go to, myself..
 
Ushthetaff said:
Oops where did that zero come from should be 15 g , that would be some mini can of cola eh , doh

stay safe

“ and so his watch has ended “
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I thought you might want to tweak that one.

150gr would be quite a hypo-hit!
 

i think I would be writing to the clinic and the supervising consultant supplying them with links to the nutritional info of the reduced sugar Lucozade, and explaining that they need to review their procedures, change Lucozade and re-run any tests they have done with the wrong stuff - including yours - for free.
 

Hi
Thanks for your reply I have not been diagnosed. Wanted to do the test since I have insulin resistance symptoms. The test was done privately.

Laboratory reference range: glucose 70-99, insulin 2,6 — 24,9

My fasting glucose level was 104 mg/dl, insulin 4,87 μU/ml

after 1 hr and Lucosade 101 mg/dl, insulin 12,62 μU/ml

after 2 hrs 86 gUt, insulin 3,65 μU/ml

I fasted for over 14 hrs, maybe even 16. You see what enjoyed me the most is that I had 75g of glucose at home and was happy to take it with me. But they assured me there was no need as they had it.
When I requested them to repeat the test with 75g of glucose exactly they refused and said they follow strict guidelines and made no mistake.
Clearly having only half of the recommended for the test dose of carbs made an impact on my test results. Since I paid 75£ for that test I kind of feel fooled.
 
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I already contacted them but they said I can make a compaint if not happy as they followed the guidelines and made no mistake. They charge 75£ for that test. I`m going to make an official compaint.
 
DCUKMod said:
I thought you might want to tweak that one.

150gr would be quite a hypo-hit!
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I would very much appreciate that. Thanks
 
My OGTT was with Lucozade. My blood sugars went above 30 mmol/l and stayed there for ten hours.
 
ert said:
3 years ago. I remember thinking it tasted better than the sugar solution they usually give you.
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I see. I think the Lucozade formula might have changed since then. If they have given me enough of Lucozade to provide the required amount of glucose I would accept that, but I was only given 380ml
 
hulahop77 said:
I see. I think the Lucozade formula might have changed since then. If they have given me enough of Lucozade to provide the required amount of glucose I would accept that, but I was only given 380ml
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I only drank a small plastic cup worth, not the entire bottle. If you were struggling to process sugar, it would have been enough.
 
I thought the GGT was no longer being used? Surely a random finger prick test would typically show if someone was in the diabetic range and then an HBA1C test could be done. Even the latter can be done quickly. When I had an operation at a private hospital they did an on-the-spot HBA1C test on a small desktop machine which took about 10 minutes. The GTT should be consigned to history.
 
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