Drug Induced diabetes help!

[samawati]

I am sensitive to any form of carbohydrates , just a nibble of anything with carbs set's my blood glucose levels on a long hike. Is there a way to prevent or reduce the effects of drugs that affect normal people and set them onto a diabetic path?

I know of the negative prolonged exposure of diuretics to normal people but is there a sort of antidote or detection method? I live with a seriously chronic diabetic and I am worried that he is somehow using an off the shelf diabetic drug to make my body unbalanced. I have recently been unable to control my blood sugar and even the doctors don't feel competent of diagnosing me since my condition is extremely strange.

Anyone with experience on the negative effects of diabetic drugs on non-diabetic people should feel free to input their knowledge on this subject since I am so curious especially on the lab tests that can be done in-order to detect such an event.

 

[Lamont D]

Hi Samawati, welcome. I too cannot eat carbs. I am also non-diabetic. But I am now on meds to help me. I know of no drug other than Insulin itself that can produce the effect you are talking about. Glucose tests or fasts or a mixed meal test can diagnose you. These are controlled tests done in Endocrinology.
Ask your doctor or diabetic nurse for a referral. Do you have other symptoms? Other questions that I can advise you further? Are you on a diet of no carbs?
What do you eat? What meds are your relative on? Let me know.

 

[Loobles]

Don't know, but if somebody was tampering with my food, I'd be talking to the police...

If he is contaminating your food with diabetic drugs, the effect depends on what he's contaminating them with. What's your GP said about your blood sugar? Has it been high/low - it seems to be erratic but how high/low? That's me being nosey really because whatever your answer, my original comment still stands, if I thought somebody was maliciously tampering with my food, I'd be talking to the police.