Diabetes

[bubba759]

What drugs make your blood sugar go up?

[WaveRider]

It would have been easier if you told us which drugs are of concern to you. There are a number of drugs that are listed as  'potential', meaning not everyone is affected, perhaps as little/much as 20% which I did not list below. A lot depends on current health status and associated drugs/medicines currently taken as some drugs cause interactions with other drugs which can raise glucose levels. GIYF - Google Is Your Friend - use it to locate specific drug interactions and/or contraindications.

Some drugs that can increase glucose measurements include the following:

●   Atypical antipsychotic medications, especially olanzapine,    
      quetiapine, and risperidone
●   Beta-blockers [such as propranolol]
●   Corticosteroids
●   Dextrose
●   Epinephrine
●   Estrogens
●   Glucagon
●   Isoniazid
●   Immunosupressants [prograf, prednisolone, cellcept]
●   Lithium
●   Oral contraceptives [birth control pills]
●   Phenothiazines
●   Phenytoin
●   Salicylates
●   Some cholersterol lowering [Lipitor]
●   Thiazide diuretics
●   Triamterene
●   Tricyclic antidepressants

And more here which includes drugs that can cause hypo AND hyperglycemia  
http://tinyurl.com/hyperglycemic-drugs

[tom_h]

There was just a report on the news last week that statins have been linked top type II diabetes.  My wife is on 80mg of Simvastatin while I'm on 20mg.  Coincidence or not, we both contracted type II in recent years.  I believe that the benefits pf statins outweigh the risks and have altered my eating lifestyle so to nearly exclude carbohydrates.  This has enabled me to continue statin regime while keeping my fasting blood glucose levels at acceptaptable unmedicated levels.  My wife on the other hand continues to take Metformin while on the statin drug.