What over the counter medications are there that diabetes can not take (like Bengay)?
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 under diabetes medications | 5 CommentsI was told that diabetics can not use bengay because it burns their skin.What other stuff can they not use?
There’s nothing special about it that burns ‘our’ skin.
Diabetics often get neuropathy, so we loose feeling. If we have no feeling, we can’t tell if somethings burning / irritating / harming our skin.
If you don’t have neuropathy, it’s fine.
Foot spa’s, warming rubs etc all the same thing.
Cough syrups can have high amounts of sugar in, although most have a sugar free version.
Always tell the pharmacist what medications you are on, and read the leaflets inside the packaging. They put them there for a reason.
They list all the drug interactions that are know.
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June 30th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Diabetics need to read labels. Many things contain sugar. Ben gay patches have a warning for diabetics because they get warm and people with diabetes often suffer from loss of feeling. Especially in their feet.
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June 30th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
There’s nothing special about it that burns ‘our’ skin.
Diabetics often get neuropathy, so we loose feeling. If we have no feeling, we can’t tell if somethings burning / irritating / harming our skin.
If you don’t have neuropathy, it’s fine.
Foot spa’s, warming rubs etc all the same thing.
Cough syrups can have high amounts of sugar in, although most have a sugar free version.
Always tell the pharmacist what medications you are on, and read the leaflets inside the packaging. They put them there for a reason.
They list all the drug interactions that are know.
References :
June 30th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I have never seen a something at the drug store that a Diabetic simply cannot take. There are warning labels such as "consult your Dr before use" something along those lines. But I have never heard of a medication that was intentionally harmful to a diabetic to a sever degree.
There are things temperature related that they warn diabetics to be careful about due to the possibility of being unable to sense the cold or heat. But who seriously has been detrimentally or fatally injured from some Bengay cream or patch, or soaking their feet in warm water?? If you can’t feel it, check the temp on another area of the skin and keep an eye on the skin color of your feet and hands.
Some meds have sugar in them and diabetics should be aware because it can raise blood sugar. Some medications do not contain sugar but still impact the blood sugar do to natural chemical reactions in the body.
Meds for urinary infections or discomfort warn that they can alter the outcome of results on the urine test stripes, but not the blood glucose itself.
Things like this should be common sense for a diabetic and if it is, then shouldn’t be a problem taking precaution and avoiding a problem or at least taking the affects into consideration to compensate when managing your diabetes. Just read the labels and take it into account, or ask your Dr. It really also depends on your overall condition.
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June 30th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Often there are problems w/ medications and diabetic complications, like high blood pressure and kidney disease.
The high blood pressure means you cannot take certain cough/cold/flu medicines, which would raise your blood pressure more.
The kidney disease means you can’t take ibuprofen, It is probably a good idea to limit the ibuprofen anyway, since it could potentially be bad for the kidneys if you don’t know how well they are functioning
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June 30th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Increased urination, increased liquid intake and thirst, irreducible fatigue, rapid or gradual (but still realy noticable) despite the fact that diabetes will make you have a bigger appetite
If you don’t wear glasses – blurred vision is a sign. but if you wear glasses – increasingly blurry vision or worse vision is a big sign (gradually worsening vision is a sign of type 2)
all of this is for type 1 diabetes
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http://signssymptomsofdiabetes.blogspot.com/