Rapilose Gel 3x25g

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McTavish L, Wiltshire E. Effective treatment of hypoglycemia in children with type 1 diabetes: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Pediatr Diabetes 2011; 12( 4 Pt 2): 381– 7. In the community, patient choice for the treatment of hypoglycaemia is wide including glucose tablets, sweets, fruit, fruit juice, full sugar fizzy or non-fizzy drinks, biscuits, chocolate bars and crisps. 4 For patients in hospital, any of these treatments may be used by the patient self-treating hypoglycaemia. Where patients are not able to self-treat, current NHS guidelines recommend fruit juice, Lucozade, dextrose or glucose tablets or sugar dissolved in water. 3 Where oral treatment is inappropriate, for example in an unconscious patient, hypoglycaemia is treated with intramuscular glucagon or intravenous dextrose. Most hospital wards and departments as well as GP surgeries are encouraged to keep a ‘hypo box' containing treatments for hypoglycaemia for emergency use. 3 Lucozade Energy Original is sweetened with glucose syrup which contains predominantly glucose as its carbohydrate source. With a glycaemic index (GI) rating of 95, 2 the carbohydrate is rapidly absorbed. It has long been used to treat acute hypoglycaemia in patients within health care settings 3 and as the treatment of choice for many individuals with diabetes. 4 Treat the hypo immediately. You can do this by eating or drinking 15 to 20g of a fast-acting carbohydrate — see examples below. Please note that parcels weighing over 2kg may be sent via courier due to Royal Mail weight restrictions.

World Health Organisation. Use of glycated haemoglobin (HbA 1c) in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. WHO ref no WHO/NMH/CHP/CPM/11. 1. 2011. LRS has supplemented Lucozade with intense sweeteners in an effort to make the taste as close to the original as possible, as have many other soft drinks brands. In the case of Lucozade Energy, aspartame and acesulfame-K have been added. Taste has been established as one of the key factors in an individual's choice of preferred hypoglycaemia treatments. 15 Sales of soft drinks are predicted to drop in response to the SDIL. 16 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management. NICE Clinical guideline NG17. NICE, August 2015. University of Sydney. GI foods advanced search. 2017. Last updated: 2 May 2017. www.glycemicindex.com/foodSearch.php?num=2085&ak=detail.If you’re feeling too drowsy or confused to eat or drink, ask someone for help or get medical assistance.

Heneghan C. Forty years of Lucozade sports performance research and little insight gained. BMJ 2012; 345: e4797. Rapilose Gel is available on prescription from healthcare advisers and is also available in hospital pharmacies and many independent chemists. 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. Both Lucozade Energy and Lucozade Sport are available in a range of flavours (many of which contain fructose from concentrated fruit juices in addition to glucose syrup) and meet the brief of a ‘sugary soft drink' for hypoglycaemia treatment. 3 Both Energy and Sport are also available as low-sugar options supplemented with intense sweeteners (on the label as ‘zero calories', ‘low cal' or ‘lite'). Lucozade in oral glucose tolerance tests Low blood sugar levels can happen at night, so it’s a good idea to keep hypo treatments by your bed just in case. Some people don’t always notice the symptoms and wake up straight away. This means that your blood sugar levels may drop further and the hypo may be more severe.

Children may need less than 15 to 20g of a slower-acting carbohydrate. Your child's diabetes team will advise on this. Treating severe hypoglycaemia World Health Organisation. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Report of a WHO consultation. Geneva: WHO, 1999. Diabetes UK. Having a hypo. Diabetes UK, 2017. https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Complications/Hypos/Having-a-hypo. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management. NICE Clinical guideline NG18. NICE, August 2015 (last updated: November 2016).