I've been on more courses of antibiotics than I care to remember recently but one thing I have noticed is that my blood glucose is lower than normal when I'm taking them.
Can this be correct? And is it an easy way to lower your blood glucose I wonder?
When I am ill my BG is higher than normal, if your are being given anti-biotics then I suppose you must have some sort of infection? This may well be raising your BG's. So it is probably the lowering of the infection in your body which is lowering you BG's not the anitbiotics as such.
I agree with anniep, more likely that being unwell has raised your bg and the antibiotics are working on the infection and lowering your bg consequently.
Good thought but I don't think that can be it because I did say my normal blood glucose and not recent ones since I've had the condition for which I'm taking the antibiotics.
The antibiotics seem to have reduced my blood glucose by about 4.0 from what they are normally,
I just thought I might have had a breakthrough moment...
Yes, some antibiotics can interact with some diabetes meds and make them more potent, which is why your GP should always check before prescribing.
The chloramphenicol, tetracycline and the sulphonamide group of antibiotics can cause some medication to have a stronger effect. If you need and are prescribed antibiotics make sure your doctor knows you take diabetes meds and also monitor your blood glucose levels more often. . . another reason for strip prescribing!!!
This info should be in the leafelet that came with the antibiotics pack
The chloramphenicol, tetracycline and the sulphonamide group of antibiotics can cause some medication to have a stronger effect. If you need and are prescribed antibiotics make sure your doctor knows you take diabetes meds and also monitor your blood glucose levels more often. . . another reason for strip prescribing!!!
You learn something new every day don't you? For me it was an accidental discovery.
I've stopped the antibiotics for a few days and my blood glucose levels have gone back to my "normal" levels. So instead of being about 3.8 pre breakfast, they're now a more usual 6.6 so the antibiotics can make quite a large difference.