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 Gerri on December 8, 2009 at 7:10pm

Love Jelly Bellies. They'e got some great flavors. Perfect for correcting lows. I've got baggies full of Jelly Bellies everywhere.

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Permalink Reply by rick phillips on December 8, 2009 at 8:00pm

I was never a fan of the BD stuff, but I do feel better when there is more than one manufacturer in the market place. That being said, Dex is a great product.

rick phillips

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Permalink Reply by Asma on December 9, 2009 at 8:53am

I tried Dex4 once in orange,and never tried a glucose tab again,not that I mind,but it's not available in my area
I still have 6 glucose tabs from the first orange one,ugh!
it was so chalky,if I have low I get nauseated, I don't need something to push me off the edge!
but I would be happy to try another flavor (not a huge fan of orange)
cuurently,I use juice,Capri-sun,I like the strawberry flavour so much,and works pretty well for me :)

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Permalink Reply by S Woodward on December 9, 2009 at 10:17pm

I stopped using he chalk several years ago. Skittles, Swedish Fish and Sour Patch candies are packaged in small packages at Easter and Halloween. I buy them then and they last throughout the year. The Fish and Patch's are less carbos than the skittles, and the skittles are produced in two different sizes. The packages last for, well, years stashed in odd places.

They range in size from 12 to 10 grams of carbos and they can be melt in your mouth for quicker absorption like the tablets.

They are a lot easier to eat, carry and stash...and the pack limits the amount during the consumption experience like the tabs.

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Permalink Reply by Patricia on December 19, 2009 at 10:04am

I actually liked the flavor...odd, I know:) but, stopped using them because they were harder than the newer tabs. I now use Smarties most of the time...like the flavor, like I can take whatever I need (1/2 a role usually gets me up 10mg/dl), and NOT expensive. Only problem is my niece (2yo) wants to dig through my purse and eat them!

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Permalink Reply by Regina on December 24, 2009 at 12:22am

Sucks for the market in terms of competitiveness, but I prefer Dex4 anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Monique Lopez on December 26, 2009 at 9:33pm

I cant believe they're discontinuing the tabs! They tasted so good!

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Permalink Reply by Wendella Type 1 on December 26, 2009 at 11:23pm

I really like the Dex4 better, and there are more flavors. Watermelon and Rasberry are downright delicious, not chalky at all. And I keep the liquid Dex4 shots by my bed for quick action during nighttime lows.

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Permalink Reply by Jacky on December 27, 2009 at 7:16am

Well, I think the one thing they could do is make the tab rolls lid a bit better. After a few months of rolling around in the bottom of my purse, those caps that just slide tend to come loose, then I've got a problem when I need them in a pinch, the only time I use G-tabs is when it's too much of a pain to go find cheaper carbs. Wal mart's reli on makes the best tab case, it's kind of tight, has almost a snug fitting extra plastic piece and is a lot better than the other tabs-but for whatever reason, they seem to only be available in the assorted tropical fruit flavor pack, and the cocomut ones are GROSS!

I've been known to replace G tabs with smarties in that packet, or put them in those M & M mini's roll containers. A whole lot cheaper, and it eliminates the issue of having the smarties roll break in the bottom of the purse : )