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Poll Results   What do you or your child use most often to treat hypoglycemia?         Glucose tablets (DEX4, B-D, etc.)     19%   174         Glucose gel (MonoGel, Insta-Glucose, etc.)     1%   15         Juice, soda, or milk     64%   582         Honey or cake gel     2%   19         Hard candy (Lifesavers, etc.)     6%   58         Other     5%   50

What do you or your child use most often to treat hypoglycemia? Poll dates: April 15 - 22, 2001 Total Votes: 898 Almost two-thirds (64%) of people who responded to this poll treat hypoglycemia with juice, soda, or milk. Commercial glucose tablets are used by about one-fifth (19%). Honey or cake gel, which work well for little kids, are used by only 2%. [Caution: do not give honey to kids younger than one year.] Surprisingly, commercial glucose gels are used by only 1% of people who responded. The percentages from this poll are identical to those from January 1999 For more information, see Emergency Glucose and Hypoglycemia. [Return to the current poll]

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