Hi All,
At my last routine hospital visit a couple of months ago all was going well, hba1c came back at 6.2, a little higher than previously but still acceptable. My only problem was my BP, which was still a little high, typically 145/85 so the specialst also subscribed me 5mg of Amlodipine.
Over the last month, I have been finding it more and more difficult to control my blood glucose levels, which have been reaching 18+ regularly and extra doses of insulin have had less effect than before.
I decided to do bit of research on possible side effects of Amlodipine and one of them is Hyperglycemia and decreased tissue sensitivity to insulin.
This would seem to make sense, I'm going to stop taking the daily dose of 5mg of Amlodipine to see if things return to how they were.
Has anyone else heard of this problem or have any experience of it?
Many thanks,
At my last routine hospital visit a couple of months ago all was going well, hba1c came back at 6.2, a little higher than previously but still acceptable. My only problem was my BP, which was still a little high, typically 145/85 so the specialst also subscribed me 5mg of Amlodipine.
Over the last month, I have been finding it more and more difficult to control my blood glucose levels, which have been reaching 18+ regularly and extra doses of insulin have had less effect than before.
I decided to do bit of research on possible side effects of Amlodipine and one of them is Hyperglycemia and decreased tissue sensitivity to insulin.
This would seem to make sense, I'm going to stop taking the daily dose of 5mg of Amlodipine to see if things return to how they were.
Has anyone else heard of this problem or have any experience of it?
Many thanks,