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Does your diabetes health care provider prescribe you glucose tablets or glucose gel?
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She wrote me an RX for an inhaled substance, but I prefer to use just cheap effective sugar cubes. Two to three sugar cubes (8 to 12 grams sugar) is almost always effective in minutes. And won’t result in boomerang highs hours later like candy bars or ice cream, etc.
I buy smarties, but finally found the efficient way to make my own small sugar tablets. (I was trying to find something I could swallow while wearing Invisalign braces at night)
Just increase the powdered sugar on the website below as much as possible without the need for the coloring or lemon unless it is desired. Sugar and water are much less expensive than candy or glucose tablets.
https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/placebo-pills
Great idea. Never thought of that.
I answered yes because I asked for it and they did- anything to help hit that deductible. However, I also use gummy worms and fruit snacks and other low snacks not just the tabs prescribed!
Why waste money on the glucose treatments in the pharmacy when Smarties Candy rolls are made of the same exact ingredients but cost less than 1/4 as much as the least expensive of the hypoglycemia treatments available in the pharmacy???
I had no idea that glucose tablets or gel could be bought with a prescription. I’ve always purchased my own glucose tablets, but almost never used them. I just throw them out every few years and buy new ones. I usually treat my low bg’s with honey or juice (orange, pineapple, apple, or any fruit). I also carry a snack bag with me everywhere I go, and eat a variety of things, dried ginger root, granola bars, rice cakes, Tootsie Pops, etc.
Agree – never knew I could. I actually prefer glucose tablets over eating other things because I feel I can control myself better not to overeat. I am fortunate to be fiscally comfortable and would not burden the system in this way because as shown in comments, we all have our preferences. However, anyone else should get whatever they need however they can economically.
Wow didn’t even know this was a thing. I buy glucose tabs and gummies. Out of pocket
I buy mine OTC but very occasionally. Not my favorite low treatment at all!
I use fruit juice from a box and straw. I’m still not good at estimating how many sucks I need, and often overdo it
I have some 4 ounce glasses I use for when I go the liquid glucose route. I found some local sodas that come in 12-ounce glass bottles with screw on caps. They keep the fizz for about a week, so I can pour out a few ounces and save for the next time.
I use “Skittles” candy, as per my endocrinologist, they work just as effectively, are easy to find, and are inexpensive.
Always used glucose tablets OTC until the loss of most of my molars has me using apple juice boxes, which work as well.
Huh. I never knew this was an item I didn’t have to pay fully out-of-pocket for. Will have to look into it; maybe I’d be able to get the lemon ones I used to buy, instead of the orange or truly terrible “raspberry” flavors.
I buy mine at CVS. Grape or orange, both taste good to me. I’ve never seen lemon.
Don’t use it. I use juice or soda.
They’ve never been prescribed, even when I could tolerate them. I have found, in serious situations, when my bg is dangerously low – they just make me even more nauseated if I try to take it…. So, now, I just carry candy with me at all times. But I have also found a cold drink (Coke, OJ, etc) is much more tolerated than the glucose tabs/gel.
My Dr. prescribes me glucagon. But most recently she prescribed me the inhalable type.
No, I get glucose tablets from Walmart.
Have a prescription, but buy them otc as it’s less expensive.
My Medicare advantage plan includes $40. worth of OTC drugs each quarter. Glucose tablets one of the items offered.
My doc prescribed the nasal spray for me. A just in case. I carry a small pack of skittles with me.
I don’t like them and I have discovered I won’t take them or anything I don’t like when low but with the tslim I have had only one low where it would be used and they have me on which I was talking at because of my body’s reaction to it fortunately the gal helping me knows me well and was able to get me to take a swallow of it just enough to bring me out of the free fall I was in where we did a bunch and nothing was helping hope to never have that happen again
No. I quit using glucose tablets years ago, they are too chalky and do not transport well. Never used the gel either. I use OTC Welch’s fruit gummies (about 2g/gummy) and they work quicker than anything else I have tried. They don’t melt, transport well, melt in my mouth if I’m really low and at 2g/gummy they are perfect for taking just enough to correct the low and not overcorrect.
The insurance doesn’t pay for glucose tabs or alcohol swabs.they probably figure that they pay for 3000 dollars on everything else you can afford to buy glucose tabs and alcohol swabs