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Antibiotics

1954jessy

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Hi thanks for your replies on type 2 fasting.

Been out for a short walk this morning and my bg has gone down to 4.7. just taken next antibiotic so will probably go up again.

Is there anything I can do to help this.
 
Do antibiotics raise your BGL I did not knwo that?
 
Im type 1 and am on antibiotics for tonsillitis. They haven't caused my levels to go up, more often lower than higher!
 
Others say illness. Medication such as antibiotics all make your blood glucose rise
 
been on antibiotics for a few weeks due to a chest infection which made me feel like i never felt before even now i feel a little congested but keep going and yes they tend to raise my levels grrrr
 
Everyone is different! Illness can raise your blood sugar but so can the medication that you take for the illness raise it. At the moment I am pondering taking Chloramphenicol antibiotic eye drops for an eye infection. This is a condition that can clear up on its own in the course of a few days but in the meantime my sugar levels are elevated .....
 
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