COLD MEDICINE AND DIABETES????????

[Guest guest]

If you mean cough syrup, there is sugar-free, dye free kind for diabetics,

and it is labled that...for diabetics.

There is a generic version and I believe Robitussin puts one out. You might

find it at Walmart or Target, I believe that is where I got mine last

Winter.

Hope this helps.

Tam

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[Guest guest]

> Alcohol turns into sugar in

> our blood stream.

That would be quite some conjuring

trick, Shiela!

Alcohol suppresses the hepatic

gluconeogenese at a blood alcohol

level of 0.45 per thousand and

this can result in hypoglycemia

- just the opposite of sugar!

The recommendation that we are

given over here is to drink not

more than the equivalent of about

12 grams of pure alcohol per day

(one small glass of beer or one

glass of wine (150ml)) and not to

drink it alone but together with

a meal containing carbohydrate.

The hypoglycemic effect of alcohol

consumption can appear between

6 and 36 hours later, that means

it could get you in the middle of

the night while you sleep.

Since a cold can disrupt the normal

metabolism anyway, I should imagine

that would be just about the worst

time to have an alcohol-induced hypo!

Our pharmacists do not serve people

with diabetic medication and cold

cures containing alcohol without a

stern warning about the serious

hypo risk.

Regards

Thornton

Pforzheim, Germany

[Guest guest]

Actually I was refering to pseudoephedrine hydochloride and another

ingredient, chlorpheniamine maleate.....I swear I think it raises my

level????????

[Guest guest]

If a cough is your problem then you might like to try guaifenesin,

which is the main ingredient in many cough medicines. It comes in a

tablet and has no additional ingredients. I have problems with

coughs almost all the time and I found that to be effective and is so

much easier to take than a liquid. But a big plus in my thinking is

that it is a single drug, just guaifenesin.

Then if you want to help with the other symptoms look for medicines

for the specific problem,

Betty

>

> > Alcohol turns into sugar in

> > our blood stream.

>

> That would be quite some conjuring

> trick, Shiela!

>

> Alcohol suppresses the hepatic

> gluconeogenese at a blood alcohol

> level of 0.45 per thousand and

> this can result in hypoglycemia

> - just the opposite of sugar!

>

> The recommendation that we are

> given over here is to drink not

> more than the equivalent of about

> 12 grams of pure alcohol per day

> (one small glass of beer or one

> glass of wine (150ml)) and not to

> drink it alone but together with

> a meal containing carbohydrate.

>

> The hypoglycemic effect of alcohol

> consumption can appear between

> 6 and 36 hours later, that means

> it could get you in the middle of

> the night while you sleep.

>

> Since a cold can disrupt the normal

> metabolism anyway, I should imagine

> that would be just about the worst

> time to have an alcohol-induced hypo!

>

> Our pharmacists do not serve people

> with diabetic medication and cold

> cures containing alcohol without a

> stern warning about the serious

> hypo risk.

>

> Regards

>

> Thornton

> Pforzheim, Germany