*Doesn’t count if it is so old you don’t know if it’ll work.
Have you used glucagon? Please share what kind of glucagon and the experience.
I was diagnosed in 1995 at age 8. The only time I’ve needed glucagon was at diabetes camp in like 1997 - I was asleep so don’t remember anything about it!
Since then my doctors have suggested I have it, and have written prescriptions for it. I think my parents kept it filled on and off when I was young, but I have not had any filled as an adult.
I’ve purchased a ton, never used it. It’s a waste. The injection type takes too much time and too much effort.
Haven’t tried the inhaled type, but really eating sugar is fastest and it doesn’t give you stomach issues like glucagon can.
The only time it would be useful is if I passed out and someone administered it while I’m out. In my case that is very unlikely.
38 years never needed that, and I’ve had a few scary lows.
You lost me at “fresh”. I have several of the old pellet kits, but they’re expired. I’m still sure they’d work, though. Maybe not as well as if they were still in date, but I’m sure they’d still be effective. I don’t have a lot of respect for expiration dates.
I did use one a year or 2 ago for the first time. Well, my husband used it on me when I went unresponsive. It was also old as heck. Was sick with a fever that wouldn’t quit and I couldn’t keep my sugar up for anything. It worked just fine, then I had the opposite problem and couldn’t get my sugar down for the next two days. I swear they have a lingering effect.
I keep a Baqsimi tube with me at each location I am at. One at home, one in my truck, one at camp. Simple nasal application and no needles.
I’ve never had glucagon. Had prescriptions, but never filled them. Never had a low I could not fix myself. Now I’m 84 and live alone. No one to use it on me. I also have had a pump for the last 20 years. My tandem wouldn’t let me get too low anyway. And I eat low carb so lows aren’t that extreme anyway.
Well, Gvoke, but yeah. Is it “fresh” (under exp date)? Yes, but I pretty much only get the stuff, which is expensive AF, when I switch to a new endo and they’re all about ticking the boxes. (Guess when I got a new endo? Last February.) Have I ever used it (or Glucagon)? Nope. Also have a script for Baqsimi, which is even more ludicrously expensive than G-Voke (or however you spell all that stuff).
Circa 2005 my wife couldn’t wake me up. Ambulance showed up, EMT’s gave me glucagon, took me to ER. Was super duper nauseous from glucagon for most of the next day. But I lived.
Contrast to my other ER trip for a hypo, circa 1989. They hooked me up to a dextrose drip and at least I didn’t have the nauseous spell as part of recovery.
BY THE WAY I wish I had some pics of my early 80’s Glucagon kits in wooden boxes with glass syringes and luer-lock needles.
I searched Medicare Part D plans for my zip code and found both Baqsimi and Gvoke autopens 2packs were between $140-250 depending on the plan. Is there a glucagon in Tier 1 or 2 on your plans formulary?
I found one that listed Baqsimi as not covered so $1300 per 2pack. Ludicrous is right. They’ve gone plaid.
I have Gvoke but it is expired. I think I used glucagon once in all of the years that I had it. I like having Gvoke on hand, but I doubt that I will ever use it. Certainly is easy to inject.