# Glucose tabs **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips\ **Tags:** low-bg, blood-sugar\ **Created:** [September 3, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895 "2017-09-03T16:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/1 "2017-09-03T16:23:12Z")
nothing to do with the current conversation, but i just wanted to make a plug for Gtabs: i should deffinately buy stock in their company. 😊 anyone else? or are you all skittles, and jellybeans people? ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/2 "2017-09-03T16:35:35Z")
I use only glucose tablets to treat lows. And corn syrup at night (I have a little squeeze bottle of it next to my bed, don’t even have to sit up to treat a low). I do find glucose tablets expensive, though, so am hoping to buy a bunch of Giant Rockets (Smarties for those of you in the US) at some point. ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/3 "2017-09-03T17:01:10Z")
i should deffinately clarify my statement: i only use Gtabs for lows as well; i dont spend my day munching on them 😉 (and i have been going low a lot lately since my idiot endo changed my pump basal rates. ) (am currently in the process of fixing the glitch) ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/4 "2017-09-03T17:20:07Z")
The Wal-Mart tabs are $4 for 50 here. How does that compare with prices in Canada? ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/5 "2017-09-03T17:41:21Z")
Here most stores are $10 (so $8 USD) for a container of 50. Costco is about $8 (around $6.50 USD), but I don’t go there very often. We have Walmart here, but I’ve never seen the cheap diabetes supplies that they have in the US. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/6 "2017-09-03T17:43:51Z")
I’d be glad to send you some! ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/7 "2017-09-03T19:13:10Z")
i get 50 for $6.95 at CVS US dollars. (their own brand ) ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/8 "2017-09-03T20:44:36Z")
I am with you @daisymae. Glucose tablets all the way. (Only do the other stuff to prevent oncoming lows.) ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/9 "2017-09-03T20:50:10Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/164): > > Costco is about $8 (around $6.50 USD), but I don’t go there very often. but thats the whole point of Costco: you bulk up your inventory and stuff everything into a closet until you need it. buy in bulk and you won’t have to worry about going back to the store!! ☀ ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/10 "2017-09-03T20:57:28Z")
Superstore is $8.38 CAD and Diabetes Express is $8.36 CAD for 50 Dex4 tablets. That is about the same as what @daisymae is paying at CVS. I am still looking for deals 😀 Edit - those $4 usd for 50 walmart ones have me interested ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/11 "2017-09-03T21:39:44Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/169): > > Diabetes Express is $8.36 CAD for 50 Dex4 tablets I didn’t think to look on Diabetes Express. Just ordered some stuff from them a couple of weeks ago! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/12 "2017-09-03T22:10:29Z")
**Glucose tabs = a mouthful of yuck** ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/a/ad215609fc206d555518898cf7efa1f6aa807fce.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/13 "2017-09-03T22:52:50Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/167): > > (Only do the other stuff to prevent oncoming lows.) what other “stuff” do you do? as most of you guys know, i am a chocolate fiend. i like the dark chocolate with sea salt; it gives my BGs a boost but i never spike from it, and it goes slowly, so within an hour i will see the full result. yummy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/14 "2017-09-03T23:08:41Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/169): > > Edit - those $4 usd for 50 walmart ones have me interested yeah, but do they taste ok or are they awful? A long long time ago, i use to eat the white ones made by B & D. they were nasty. then i discovered the orange flavored ones made by Duane Reed, and they were really pretty good. but then they were bought by Walgreens, and those were awful, so then i moved on to the CVS brand and they’re not so bad at all. but their other flavors are discusting. if i could find some grape flavored ones i think i would be thrilled. (i cannot believe we are actually having a conversation about glucose tablets 😉 .) ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/15 "2017-09-04T00:54:56Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/172): > > i like the dark chocolate with sea salt; it gives my BGs a boost but i never spike from it, and it goes slowly, so within an hour i will see the full result. yummy So why do you torment yourself with glucose tabs? ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/16 "2017-09-04T01:03:56Z")
the Gtabs are easy to carry around and they don’t melt in my bag. i keep a huge bottle of them bedside, so when i wake up at 4am to treat a low, there is this large glowing bottle next to me so that i don’t have to put any thought into taking them. before this, i use to drag myself into the kitchen and open the fridge and just stare at the many choices of foods, candies, and juices to pick from; but i was so zombied and stoned out from the low, i couldn’t make a decision. now i have this great system down. but when i am fully awake, i tend to lean more towards the chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/17 "2017-09-04T01:09:20Z")
My toddler loves them 😆 The newer ones are really good. The glucose tabs of the '80s were a mouthful of yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/18 "2017-09-04T01:11:36Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/181): > > The newer ones are really good. The glucose tabs of the '80s were a mouthful of yuck. Some of the new ones taste nasty to me. I liked the older Dex4 flavours better. Though even the new flavours are better than the old white, square glucose tablets I used as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/19 "2017-09-04T01:12:33Z")
The BD ones were horrible. I had a sample pack once many years ago and would never buy them again. It wans’t untill I got a free pack of Dex4 that I started to use glucose tabs. I used to be a cookies and Orange Juice guy. I use Dex4 tabs. I like the raspberry ones and tropical fruit. I like orange too but sometimes they are a bit acidic. Grape is nice too. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895/20 "2017-09-04T01:14:50Z")
> [@Random D thoughts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/182): > > Some of the new ones taste nasty to me. I agree. The older ones tasted better but I am leaalrning to like the new ones. The new ones are easier to chew though compared to the old ones which were hard as rocks. [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-tabs/1895.md?page=2)