LASIK Surgery Health Chat: Tuesday, December 15th 5:00-6:00 PM Eastern. Free live Q&A with Dr. Omar E Awad. Ask your question in advance!
Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Thyroid meds elevated Glucose
by texastwin827, Aug 06, 2007 12:33AM
I am hypothyroid and a few years ago was diagnosed as "insulin resistant". After starting .100 Synthroid (synthetic meds for those who aren't hypothyroid) my fasting glucose went from 112 up to 129. At one time, before the last two revisions, the American Diabetes Assn's website stated "Some medications, including thyroid meds" could elevate your glucose but it's not longer on their website and it did not say what causes it too.
To make a long story short, in Jan of this year we switched me to Armour which is not a synthetic...has active thyroid hormone in it. At the time, I assumed the test for my glucose (179) was because I'd forgotten it was suppose to be fasting and had drank 1/4 cup of coffee with 2 teas of sugar in it, before taking my labs, that morning.
Three months after I started taking Armour, my feet were swelling. My dr gave me a 10 day prescription for diuretics and it improved but did not go away. Three months later, we did another metabolic panel and my glucose was 319! When she did the 3mo average test...it had been over 300 for at least 3 mos. After finding this out, I discontinued the thyroid meds but did NOT start taking any of the meds to bring my glucose down. I tested again 18 days after my last labs and it had dropped 25 points and I'd lost 11 pounds. Since it was still 294, needless to say, I started taking the meds to bring it down!
Unfortunately, it apparently did permanent damage as now, I can not keep my glucose under control without meds (even though I'm not on thyroid meds). We recently tried a very low dose of Armour again...in 8 days I gained 5 lbs, so I discontinued the use of the thyroid meds (which I REALLY do need!)
Has anyone else had this happen...and if so, do you know why it happens?
Thanks for any input.
To make a long story short, in Jan of this year we switched me to Armour which is not a synthetic...has active thyroid hormone in it. At the time, I assumed the test for my glucose (179) was because I'd forgotten it was suppose to be fasting and had drank 1/4 cup of coffee with 2 teas of sugar in it, before taking my labs, that morning.
Three months after I started taking Armour, my feet were swelling. My dr gave me a 10 day prescription for diuretics and it improved but did not go away. Three months later, we did another metabolic panel and my glucose was 319! When she did the 3mo average test...it had been over 300 for at least 3 mos. After finding this out, I discontinued the thyroid meds but did NOT start taking any of the meds to bring my glucose down. I tested again 18 days after my last labs and it had dropped 25 points and I'd lost 11 pounds. Since it was still 294, needless to say, I started taking the meds to bring it down!
Unfortunately, it apparently did permanent damage as now, I can not keep my glucose under control without meds (even though I'm not on thyroid meds). We recently tried a very low dose of Armour again...in 8 days I gained 5 lbs, so I discontinued the use of the thyroid meds (which I REALLY do need!)
Has anyone else had this happen...and if so, do you know why it happens?
Thanks for any input.
Post Comment
Related Communities
Recent Videos
Related Expert Forums
Recent Activity
Most Popular Trackers
RSS
Expert Activity
Community Members
