Glucose tablets and other ways to treat lows fast

General
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OMGOSH I love the friut punch ones!!! We get mine and my brothers at walmart. And they are def cheap cause we have tubes EVERYWHERE!!! Practically every room in the house has a tube and all the cars have em too.

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Dex4 makes a great grape flavor orange is good but would like to try the watermellon but they come in bottles at the stores I go to - trying to find them in tubes. I don't know yet about their sour apple, rasberry or Assorted Fruit which has Pineapple, coconut, cherry and apple flavor however I will give the assoted fruit a chance. I tried all the walmart brand (I think its RediONe or something like that). I found them just a bit on the tart side and they were harde than the dex4. I don't think anyone else makes glucose tabs but I am sure they do. 

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There are huge refill containers of glucose tabs that have like 50 tabs for a couple dollars at Walmart.

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i go to walmart and get the little half-can sodas. they are about 20-30 carbs depending on the type of soda.. they work really well

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The gels are pricey, you're right (I saw them today at Scheel's for $1.29 per pouch), but they have far more carbs and take up a similar amount of space, compared to glucose tabs...  a tab only has 4g of carb in it, and the gels typically have 20g - 30g of carb.  I just tried my first one tonight when running... I think I didn't time it right (I took it after my first mile, and still my BS dropped dramatically), but once it had time to kick in, my CGM had me at close to a flat line around 90 mg/dl for the rest of my run.

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I too am a HUGE fruit snack believer. Much much cheaper than glucose tabs - and tastier too.  For a while I was on a Kellogg's Finding Nemo kick (for over a year) so folks learned to ask if I needed "Nemos" or if I had plenty of "Nemos" with me! :-)   I've switched to John Deere tractors now...

 

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We got my tabs at walmart. Never used them yet but mine are grape flavored.I normaly eat a granola bar of some kind if im feeling low. I was told Glucerna is a great bar if you feel low.

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any candy at all as long as its not chocolate and ive tried those glucose shots they're the same as 4 tabs but they wear off quickley

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I HATE glucose tablets, i treat my lows like freebies haha i treat with soda typically or whatever candy i can find xD (watermelon dex4 glucose tablets are tolerable though when i cant get anything else =/ )