No More BD Glucose Tabs

Hello,

For those of you who use glucose tablets to treat blood sugar lows, did you know that BD has gotten out of the business?

Currently the main & only provider of glucose tablet products is Dex4 -- not bad news, since their tabs come in lots of nice flavors.

Note that Dex4 tabs are only 4 grams of carbohydrate each, rather that 5 grams (as BD's were). More info here: www.dex4.com/4grams

(Disclosure: I'm on Dex4's Patient Advisory Board, and also happen to think this development is newsworthy :)

Tags: Dex4, blood, glucose, hypoglycemia, low, lows, sugar, tablets, tabs, treating

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Permalink Reply by Shannon on December 8, 2009 at 11:53am

This is disappointing to me because the BD tabs were the only ones that I actually liked. I guess it'll be juice or these (which I actually like, too) from now on.

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Permalink Reply by bsc on December 8, 2009 at 12:21pm

I think that there was an actual design intent that tabs not be very appetizing. If they tasted too good, it might encourage the overuse of the tabs. I mean they are after all like a candy.

On the other hand, when I was in college I had a friend who would only drink his cheap beer out of a can (a steel can in those days), because "He Liked the Metal Taste!"

ps. A cheap alternative for minor correction is of course smarties, primarily dextrose, with 6g carbs per roll (15 pieces in a roll).

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Permalink Reply by Shannon on December 8, 2009 at 12:34pm

I prefer liquid glucose (juice) anyway. I find that it works faster than solid forms of glucose.

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Permalink Reply by Sue MacLennan on December 19, 2009 at 9:57am

I agree! I have these everywhere, in my purse, in my car, in a bowl at home... We call them "Rockets" in Canada but they are fantastic for correctly a low quickly. They don't melt or freeze. :) A juice box is usually too much carbs for me to use just to correct a low. Same with chocolate bars and they do melt or freeze. Can't beat them for portability!

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Permalink Reply by nel on December 8, 2009 at 12:25pm

I am not too surprised to read this ...I so disliked the orange flavour . Have been using Dex4 for quite a number of years. Sometimes need help with opening the bottle of 50 ...the fingers are not as nimble as they used to be .
I have sent the Canadian office an e-mail with the request of the sour apple flavour to be made available in the 50 container ...no response so far ( will follow up one day soon ) .
I received a sample of the Liquiblast , 16 g in a 2 oz bottle some time ago ......there is a BEST BY date on the bottom ...I may have missed out . I did remove the taping around the top on a day , that I did not have a low ...I don't know , if I would have succeeded too well with a low BG .
Maybe Amy ( as a member of the Patient Advisory Board ) can advise ??

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Permalink Reply by Annabella on December 8, 2009 at 2:15pm

The sour apple flavor is available in 50s. You can get them mail order at Diabetic Promotions, www.diabeticpromotions.com.

Has anyone else tried the Dex4 Bits, mixed sour berry flavors. They are only 1gm carb each so you can really fine tune the amount of carbs you need to correct a low. They also taste good & dissolve easily in your mouth. I always found the BD tablets so difficult to ingest, like chalk.

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Permalink Reply by Mike on December 9, 2009 at 9:11am

Hi Dave,

You are crazy. Happy? If I used your skittles, I'd do nothing but eat and eat and eat. Must learn self control...

Cheers, Mike

p.s. -- With regards to this actual discussion thread...the ReliOn brand is stocked at Walmart, at a cost of not quite $5.00 per 50 count jar.