If you take seasonal allergy medications, do you notice an impact on your blood sugar tied to those medications?

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  I can't recall how long it's been since I last drank soda ... either 'regular' soda or 'diet' soda ... but I'm thinking that it's probably 25 years or more ago.
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  I drink several diet cokes (typically a store brand) per day. Doesn't impact my blood sugars. I am sure the artificial sweeteners aren't good for you but I avoid so many foods/drinks because of the impact to my blood sugars that I figure I'm allowed one unhealthy addiction!! :-)
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  I used to drink diet soda EVERY day -- and I finally quit many years ago. Within a few months after quitting, my tastebuds finally realized it tastes like pure chemicals. Bleh. Now I can't stand the taste of any fake chemical sugars.
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  I no longer drink diet sodas thought I used to love Dr Pepper! I just grew tired of them and started to prefer to drink water when I began hiking with a local group. Now I drink tons of water every day, though not from the tap since ours tastes yucky!
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  Grew up on Tab before I had diabetes, Loved Diet RC, Switched to Diet Coke, can tolerate Diet Pepsi, after 65 years, I am doing great.,
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  If you are a person with T1D, how often do you drink diet soda?
  I never drink any kind of soda, diet or regular. On occasion, if I am having leg or foot cramps at night I will have some diet tonic. It helps! This was recommended to me by my podiatrist.
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  Grew up on Tab before I had diabetes, Loved Diet RC, Switched to Diet Coke, can tolerate Diet Pepsi, after 65 years, I am doing great.,
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  If you are a person with T1D, how often do you drink diet soda?
  Grew up on Tab before I had diabetes, Loved Diet RC, Switched to Diet Coke, can tolerate Diet Pepsi, after 65 years, I am doing great.,
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  49 years with T1D. I used to drink diet soda on a daily basis, now less than rarely/never. Times change.
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  49 years with T1D. I used to drink diet soda on a daily basis, now less than rarely/never. Times change.
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  I used to drink diet all the time but have been reducing the amount. I know it’s bad, formaldehyde, for me and the taste has been off. The sparkling waters have been tasting better lately.
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  I drink several diet cokes (typically a store brand) per day. Doesn't impact my blood sugars. I am sure the artificial sweeteners aren't good for you but I avoid so many foods/drinks because of the impact to my blood sugars that I figure I'm allowed one unhealthy addiction!! :-)
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  I love Diet Coke. There are so many foods I stay away from because of how it affects my BG. And it’s my only vice!
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  I drink several diet cokes (typically a store brand) per day. Doesn't impact my blood sugars. I am sure the artificial sweeteners aren't good for you but I avoid so many foods/drinks because of the impact to my blood sugars that I figure I'm allowed one unhealthy addiction!! :-)
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If you take seasonal allergy medications, do you notice an impact on your blood sugar tied to those medications?

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4 Comments

Greg Felton

It’s always hard to identify any one thing as the cause of a change in my BG. It could be an allergy relief pill, the allergies themselves, that extra bite at dinner, the insulin I didn’t take, stress, etc. If I was a lab rat in a study with a control group, sure, I would know what Claritin does to my BG.

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P J

I have stopped ” cold turkey” my allergy med because of side effects and notice no blood sugar issues but the circulation in my legs has improved –

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Henry Renn

I take Singular year round for asthma & allergies.

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Becky Hertz

I take allergy meds all year.

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