Codeine

[MagicFirefly]

I know this may have been discussed before but since there appears to be no medical research on links to codeine and low blood sugar I wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience.

I had elective surgery 2 days ago on my shoulder. My job keeps me. Active and on my feet for 12.5hrs a day so I was fully expecting higher readings tillI got my basal rate right si ce I will be off work for up to 12weeks. Instead I've been suffering with a few hypos, the last was masked by the side effects of the codeine (similar feeling to a hypo) I'm currently on 60mg ×4 daily (and well needed as I am still very sore).
I can reduce my basal rate az I am a pump user. However, this is not the first time I've suspected codeine to be the cause of lower bm's.

Anyone else experienced this?

 

[dancer]

I've only had codeine once and that was after breaking my wrist. I'd already taken paracetamol, so the hospital gave me codeine and I took cocodamol later in the day.

I didn't have hypos, but obviously I was stressed with the fracture (more so as I was away from home at the time), so my BG was more likely to rise.

Any time I have paracetamol, my BG rises, so it could be that the effects of the paracetamol counteracted the effects of the codeine.

Maybe others have had different experiences.

 

[Daibell]

I was on 32 mg codeine after my recent operation and didn't notice much of a change to my sugars. I don't think it has a great effect but may be wrong.