Rapilose Gel 3x25g

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Children will need less than this to treat a hypo. Your child’s diabetes team will advise on the amount of hypo treatment they need. If you use an insulin pump, your treatment may be different, so talk to your diabetes team for advice. Rapilose® Gel should be kept with you, or with a responsible person, at all times. Rapilose® Gel tubes have an 18-month shelf life, and can be safely stored at room temperature, i.e. less than 25°C: Choices. Low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia). 2016. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/low-blood-sugar-hypoglycaemia/. Lawton J, et al. Self treating hypoglycaemia: a longitudinal qualitative investigation of the experiences and views of people with type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med 2013; 30( 2): 209– 15.

As a result of the UK's new ‘sugar tax' many soft drinks companies, including the manufacturer of Lucozade, are reducing the sugar content of their products.

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First launched as Glucozade in 1927, it was marketed for medicinal purposes. 1 The distinctive sweet citrus-flavoured drink underwent significant rebranding in 1983, when the slogan ‘Lucozade aids recovery' was replaced by ‘Lucozade replaces lost energy' to change its association with illness to good health and wellbeing. Lucozade as a treatment for hypoglycaemia There are now two types of glucagon injections available to treat severe hypos. These are the GlucGen Hypo kit® which contains glucagon power and water and needs to be mixed before it is injected, and Ogluo® which contains a premixed solution ready for injection. Hypoglycaemia at night

I always make sure the people I’m out with know I have diabetes and what to do if I have a hypo. I don’t always tell every single person, but I make sure a few people I’m with are aware and that they know what to do if there is a problem.” If you’re feeling too drowsy or confused to eat or drink, ask someone for help or get medical assistance.

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Please note that parcels weighing over 2kg may be sent via courier due to Royal Mail weight restrictions. Each 300ml pouch of Rapilose oral Glucose tolerance test solution indicates contents of approximately 71.5g of carbohydrate, A low blood sugar level, also called hypoglycaemia or a ‘hypo"’ is where the level of sugar (glucose) in your blood drops too low, below 4mmol/l. A glucose load can be made by mixing glucose powder in water but for convenience a premixed glucose drink has been used for many decades. Lucozade has been widely used since at least the 1980s 9 but was first recommended in international guidelines in 1999 when the World Health Organisation recommended the use of ‘partial hydrolysates of starch of the equivalent carbohydrate content' as an alternative to 75 g of anhydrous glucose or 82.5 g of glucose monohydrate for the glucose load for an OGTT. 10 Or it could be your next meal, if it’s due. You will also need to take insulin if this is the case.

Which hypo treatment you choose is up to you. The type and amount depends on what works best for you. It might depend on your taste, or how easy it is to store or carry around.Lucozade may have originally been used for its improved palatability compared to simple glucose solutions. It is less sweet and therefore causes less nausea. 9 It has also been cheaper to the NHS, particularly where patients provide their own. Changes in sugar content and why Treat the hypo immediately. You can do this by eating or drinking 15 to 20g of a fast-acting carbohydrate — see examples below.

Heneghan C. Forty years of Lucozade sports performance research and little insight gained. BMJ 2012; 345: e4797. Wiener K. The oral glucose tolerance test – an assessment of the quality of its performance. Ann Clin Biochem 1987; 24( Pt 5): 440– 6.After treating a hypo, you may need something to eat or drink to stop your blood sugar levels from dropping again. Try to eat 15 to 20g of a slower-acting carbohydrate. This could be a: Baldwin EJ, Feher MD. Sweets, fluids and foods in the treatment of mild hypoglycaemia. Pract Diabetes Int 2006; 23( 5): 218– 20.