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mommy2two- I'm also a type 1 diabetic and a long time ago when I was a teenager I asked my doctor the same thing. I'm on a ton of medications, so if glucose was used in them I'd probably go into a coma. I'm not only a type 1 diabetic, but I'm a brittle type 1 diabetic, meaning my blood sugars can be impacted very easily by the slightest factor. Also my blood sugars can be hard to control even with tight monitoring. Anyway, my doctor told me that she wasn't aware of any medications that have glucose as a filler/binder. She told me if I was worried to look at the insert that comes with the prescriptions and the fillers used should be on there. If you can't find it in the filler you can probably find that information online. One thing I do know is that most medications that are sweetened (like those for kids) most often use artificial sweeteners like aspartame and saccharine so for all you parents out there that don't let your kids drink diet soda because of the artificial sweeteners, think twice before giving them that chewable medication next time! Honestly, it probably isn't enough to give a second thought to, but in my opinion should be made more obvious to parents purchasing meds. I know a lot of medications have lactose in them, which can be a problem for people who are lactose intolerant (the case of my cousin). I know that doesn't fit your case mommy2two, but thought I'd include it as a little tid bit of info.

Do you mind me asking what medication it is that is causing you the concerns? I know a few medications mess with my blood sugars big time. But, you said it's a new generic so I'm guessing you were either on a brand version or other generic version of this medication previously so that's probably not the cause. I don't need to school you on all the things that can effect blood sugars since I'm sure you already know. I hope you find the cause. Oh, one more thing that's probably important to note- a generic medication does not have to have the same fillers as the brand name medication or even other generics so make sure if you are looking up the fillers in a medication you look up the fillers for the exact manufacturer of that med. Just wanted to make sure you knew that too! Good luck.

I highly doubt that fillers are made from fish heads and whatever else was mentioned.  Thats the craziest thing I've heard in a while.  Why on earth would this be the case?

TAUGHT ME 2 THINGS IN LIFE, THE 1ST  GELATIN IS MADE OUT OF SEAWEED AN OLD BROKEN BONES, THEY BOIL THE OLD BONES AN MIX DRIED KELP , THEY DRAIN IT INTO TRAYS AN GELATIN FORMS, JUST AS YOU GET WHEN MAKING A ROAST WITH A BIG CUT OF BEEF, THEY THEN DRY THE GELATIN AN ADD SUGARS AN FLAVORING , THEN PACKAGE              THE 2ND THING HE TAUGHT ME WAS THE WORD EARTHYABATE I BELIEVE THE SPELLING IS, WAS A INGREDEINT USED AS A FILLER IN BOLONGA , AN OTHER COLD CUTS, AN IT WAS CLEANED EARTHWORMS, IN AFRICA THEY GROW WORMS ABOUT A FOOT OR LONGER, IF YOU WATCH ANDREW ZIMMERMAN TRAVEL THE WORLD, IT MAKES YOU THINK, BUT IT IS TRUE, THEY SPELL THE WORD TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING, LOOK ON PACKAGES IF ITS STILL USED, IT WILL SAY SODUIM EARTHYABATE, MEANING SALTED EARTHWORMS              MY FREIND LYNING STONEY FELOWE TOLD ME THIS WAS TRUE       I SUED OSCAR MAYER AN WON A POUND OF BOLONGA MY LAWYERS WERE DEWE,CHEATEM, AN HOWE

not sure if you were joking about earthworms..if not..,.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/wormburg.asp

I know are in many products...as for the corn beef...i love it...but your story ??  I've worked in a few deli's

bugs are a delicacy in France, like snails. mmmmm

....You're a hoot-n-nanny....

truffles are a fungi that grows under the ground , an are found by specially trained dogs or pigs, they sell for extremely hi prices,found mainly in europe

the only thing higher is ambergris, part of a decayed whale, used in the manufactor of perfume, worth its weight in gold

quahog thanks for the input, biology teacher told it to be the truth, but like i said he love to cut up too, you know he taught us about the birds an the bees, he told us the birds fly around an the bees make honey

most are made of unflavored gealtin, or vegetable starch

 Of all the crazy things you said I surely hope you dont really think they "corn" cows to death in south america in some cruel fashion. Corned Beef is made via a pickling process applied to beef brisket and is that distinctive pink color from the addition of of potassium nitrate commonly known as salt peter, I guess you can also achieve this with sodium nitrate as well.

 Kelly, Ive typed too much to just abandon my post now. I am in no way trying to just say what you said or one up you. 

this is 1 thing that is strictly no pun

every can of corn beef i ve ever seen is from south america

i m not at all disputing your word, it may be made in ireland, the process of putting salt kernels on the meat in the processing is after the fact the animal is processed, is there anything you can tell me of the  feed lot manner before the animal is slaughter

if corn beef was , as you say just a matter of processing then texas an oklahoma should be the corn beef capital of the world

update: just looked on internet web an it shows that its is a pickling process, but i ve never seen a product from the USA not saying there is nt 1

i know that when we kept hogs for slaughter we fed them a diet of 1/2 whole corn, to clean them out an produce a higher protein meat animal, whole corn is nt digested rarely , some starches took out during digested even in cooked corn

I m repeating what i was told seen that corn beef is a dish deeply loved by irish on ST. PATRICKS day, I m told I m half Irish an half German , it s kinda hard for me to believe has i usually make myself drink 1 beer at nite

2nd update: when i get my mind on something i look tell I find a halfway decent answer, I went to yahoo answers fella asked why all tinned corn beef appears to come from argentina, brazil, south america, the anwser that got 80% approval was THEY GOTTA DO SOMETHING WITH ALL THAT BEEF

I been sitting here chuckling at that answer for 15 minutes now

hydro: do you know what sausage casings are made of

what the secert ingredient in a FOUR-X

where a chicken egg comes from

gonna go put some of Goats snail slim cold cream on my feet so they feel so much fresher

Woodstock2009

I am well aware of what saugage is made of.  There are many foods that are made from animal entrails.  Most people know that some of the food we eat is compiled of some not so appetizing parts of the animal.  I do not appreciate your implication that I don't know what I am talking about.  I am not stupid.  I am college educated.  It seems to me that your joking around all the time is causing confusion for some of our posters.  Maybe don't make a joke in every one of your posts. 

Kelly is correct in what she says about chicken eggs.  She is also right about corned beef.  She seems to know what she is talking about.

post # 8..i use it often.

very well put, I too was college educated, i was a 4.0 student

too many college educated people, are working today at mcdonald s or wendy s, actually the minimum wage market has more college graduates than any other market, there are so many educated people that employer s have their pick of what supposably is the cream

but as far as confused, You re the only poster, that actually told, or admitted to being confused

i ve had 1 or 2 wanted me to release my cap lock , cause they thought i was shouting at them

the part of the corn beef came from a federal mine inspector, he was a major in the army an travel the world, an told me this

If i was to make a post, on here an say Iraq has all the Atomic bombs an they buried in the sand dunes, i would hope someone would check out , the info be fore having close to 5000 americans dy an more than 20, 000 injure, an drive our economy into the ground so deep its into china now

if my posts confuse you pass them right on by 

I have to admit, when i 1st found this site, did nt think be here this long but i truly getting a education on every facet of life whether it s a new medication released to how corn beef is actually made

i truly love everyones veiwpoint, everybodies welcome to be objective

an as for a FOUR-X it s a contraceptive made out of a natural lamb membrane, they are the oxycontin of contraceptives for gentlemen, they  where before latex was recomended

I would bet ALL the money in the world that none of the employees at my local McDonalds graduated from college or will ever graduate from college.  I will go out on a limb to say, none of the employees are in college.  Hydro you said what alot of us were thinking.  This is one of the funniest threads I have read!!!  I love to laugh and think it is very healthy.  

In the region I live,  after you finish college it is nearly impossible to find a job in the field you went to college for.  I get really down just thinking about it.  You graduate college and then have to take a job waiting tables at the local mexican restaraunt just to pay the bills.

they discriminate, on hiring correction officers they want young college graduates that just have enough oil running out of there ears, to take the low side of the pay scale, if they hire they re looking 20 years down the road,   if you are over 50 here, an don t have certifications as a mine supervisor, maintaince electrictrian, the only job you qualify for is a welcomer at Wal-mart, or a paper delivery boy.

when i worked at a local steel plant , that made column s an grirders for ironworkers, it took me 1 hour an 1/2 to get to work they wanted us to work  10 hours a day.   i was the lead man an had 2 other employees,we would get our work done most nites in 8 hours, the other 2 boys were local i ask them did they want work 8 or 10, they like me wanted to go to bed as we were paided well an would have been looking at each other the last 2 hours,   after a week superintdent called me in his office an started to ball me out for leaving early,  but i told him i really did nt see his point that all the work was done, that i taught each member of my team how best to manage their time, that evening shift was actually making the company money as it was saving 30 man hours per week,this is something you learn with age

i recently went to a vocational school, where the teacher was constantly calling the students down for not listening, i ask the instructor could i speak an he granted my request, I looked at the young men an ask the fella s what did they see before them, I was pointing to the teacher , a couple said he s a teacher i said yes but, another said a instructor i said yes but, the fella s were kinda puzzled , I told them that the vocational school enviroment was same as a work place an that every work place has a boss, an if they could not listen to what this man is saying then they be no use even trying to make it in the real world, that teacher said Amen brother, he told me later that class, straighten up quite a bit after a little motivation speech

as to McDonalds they never get it right,  an they caught the breakfast crew on camera at our local one that is absolutely too disgusting to talk about, so as for restatraunts i m glad they have a candid camera