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Lucozade Tablets

sean_bonner said:
Hi

I am wondering if any one on here know if I am able to get Lucozade tablets on prescription?
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Hi I know of a diabetic type 2 who can get his Glucose tablets on prescription and that's because he's over 60. I pay for my own, but I haven't even thought of asking my GP if I can or can't, as they are only about 60p a packet.

Best wishes RRB
 
Robinredbreast said:
sean_bonner said:
Hi

I am wondering if any one on here know if I am able to get Lucozade tablets on prescription?
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Hi I know of a diabetic type 2 who can get his Glucose tablets on prescription and that's because he's over 60. I pay for my own, but I haven't even thought of asking my GP if I can or can't, as they are only about 60p a packet.

Best wishes RRB
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Thanks for the reply but i was inquiring due to me having lots of hypos and i need quite a few packs for different places
 
sean_bonner said:
Hi

I am wondering if any one on here know if I am able to get Lucozade tablets on prescription?
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It was the case that they'd only prescribe the gel that you squirted in your mouth (was it called Hypostop?) as I once asked, things might have changed since then and as RRB knows someone who gets glucose tabs on prescription it's worth asking.

Jelly babies work just as well for hypo's and you can pick them up in discount stores for around a £1 a bag.
 
I don't get lucozade tablets on prescription, but I do get gluco-tabs which are almost exactly the same.

I also get the gluco-gel.

Personally I have used neither of them in my almost 4 months since diagnosis. I prefer haribo or jelly babies. They taste nicer and I wouldn't usually be able to have them so it's a treat!
 
My doctor will only give me the hypo stop gel which makes me want to vomit, I spend a fortune on lucozade and tablets its a joke! Us diabetics should get an allowance or something along the line I loose money at work with hospital appointments which I'm having a lot of lately as I've got diabetic complications does any one agree, ps I'm not badly controlled I'm just so stressed with this being diabetic!


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You can get the gel on prescription or glucose tablets depending on what your gp preferred to use if your on insulin.
 
I've had 2 low readings since starting insulin, 4.3 and 4.6, doesn't seem that low but I still got the shakes and a bit of nausea.
So I bought some bags of a kids sweet called ' fun gums ' they have a sugar content of 29.6 g per bag, so I had half the bag and bingo within 5 mins back up to 6.9. Job done.

And they taste fabulouso !

Chip
 
No It didn't go higher letter....
 
Is a lot of qa sugar even for a hypo, do you know why u needed so much? Too much insulin, unexpected activity, alchohol consumed?

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brett said:
Is a lot of qa sugar even for a hypo, do you know why u needed so much? Too much insulin, unexpected activity, alchohol consumed?

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Half a bag is 15g..... They recommend 10g - 15g to start. How much would you usually use?
 
Op said sugar content 29.6 per bag. This would be very qa also. I would have 10 carbs of qa sugar for a hypo and a small longer lasting 10 carb snack if my next meal was longer than a 1.5 hour wait. If I had nearly 30g of qa sugar I know I would hit the teens. Everyone is different I know but did seem alot

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******, apologies just re ~ read half bag lol.

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I don't know about prescription but I order mine in bulk from Amazon. I get 6 massive pots for £13 and they last me ages. Have a nose and see what you think
 
Thanks for the replies people, I'm (temporarily) on insulin after having whopping great drip fed doses of steroids at Papworth for a possible transplant rejection or blockage. So my experiences of hypo's are extremely limited, but having read on here so much advice for hypo's I thought that 15g would do the trick, as indeed it did.

I must say that this insulin thing has to be treated with a great deal of respect, I've been previously balancing the Gliclazide and the jolly old Metformin for 12 years with a good level of control.

Keep calm and carry on,

Superchip
 
Thanks TCat, much appreciated.
 
brett said:
******, apologies just re ~ read half bag lol.

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Easy mistake to make!

Did have me briefly concerned that my usual 12g bag of haribo was too much. No chance of me giving that up haha
 
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