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CAllyD

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hello and thank you for reading this is my first post here..... have T2 D- It runs in my family but most members were a lot younger than I am now when theirs began. I was probably a bit too smug :-( thinking I had escaped it. Then I went on Prednisolone treatment and quickly knew I hadn't!!! For months no-one seemed worried about my symptoms or increased BG. GP said when the pred dose reduced the Diabetes would go.
Well a year almost down the line- still not finished with the steroids but should be in around 5 months- I wish I could say the Diabetes is receding - if anything it seems to be worse!!! Only for the last couple of months have I been on medication. First tried me on Metformin - didn't agree with me - now on Gliclazide and not sure if this isn't making my Angina play up?. Be interested to hear if anyone else has chest pain with it? Also if your Diabetes started while on steroid treatment.... did it go when it stopped?- I'm living in hopes If a patient cannot take either metformin or Gliclazide are there other meds available to try?
Thanks x
 
Hi, Welcome

I have read about a link between db and steroids im sure someone will come along with some useful knowledge

how is your diet? ive found dietary changes and weight loss if needed to be very effective at reducing bg, lots of us have found that a reduction in carbohydrates have been the single most useful weapon in our arsenal, please have a read of some forum posts, there are lots of good people here always willing to help out (when its not the middle of the night), best of luck
 
Hi,
I don't know anything about steroids and diabetes, sorry. I am 'bumping' your post though, so that someone else can answer your questions soon.
 
Hi there
Use of steroids can increase BGs in people,with diabetes. They are not given without due consideration. Just make sure that your prescriber know that you are diabetic and that you are monitored more closely. I have been on steroids for over 14 years and while BGs are, on occasion, somewhat erratic for no apparent reason they are in the main quite stable. It is do-able.


Late onset T1, several auto immune issues.
Humalogmix25 twice a day, Methotrexate 25mg once per week, FolicAcid 5mg once per week, prednisolone 5mg daily, Allopurinol 300mg, Calcichew-D3 800iu, Levothyroxine 50mcg, Atenolol 50mg, Losarten 100mg, Aspirin 75mg, Nicorandil 20mg, Nitrolingual GTN spray, Metformin 2000mg, Allimemazine 10mg, Lanzoprazole 30mg, Atorvastatin 20mg, Co Codamol 8/500mg, Depo Medrone (Methylprednisolone) or double Prednisolone for 7 days in case of RA flare.
 
(Hope I'm putting this reply in the right place?)-Thank you Andy12345 I'm trying my best with my diet because I know it makes a big difference. I'm going to make better effort thanks again
 
Thank you Alanp35 for your reply- I guess I was probably pre-Diabetic before I began taking the steroids and they have just tipped me over. I had no option but to take them, as I had Temporal Arteritis and they've likely saved my sight, so I'm very grateful.... but cant wait to come off them
 
i wonder if it could follow that, if the meds induced diabetes, stopping the meds may push you back under that line (once you can)
 
My mother took prednisolone for over 30 years for a lung condition. Over the years her dosage had been reduced to a maintenance dose but could never come off them completely but luckily she never developed diabetes and died age 88
My husband also takes prednisolone for Polymyalgia he has been on them for 3 years now and as he is over 80 the GP said he will probably be on them for good now but so far so good no diabetes
 
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zand said:
Hi,
I don't know anything about steroids and diabetes, sorry. I am 'bumping' your post though, so that someone else can answer your questions soon.
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What does 'bumping your post' mean?

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when a post is replied to, it jumps to the top of the recent posts and more folks are likely to see it, so if someone thinks more folks need to see it they will reply so as to bump it up the list, i only even refresh new posts at the top so if something was more than a few hours ago i probly wouldnt see it

people come and go all the time, someone who has something useful to add may not have been here when the topic was posted, if you havent had a reply to a certain topic, you can bump your own post at a different time of day
 
I don't know anything about the meds you are on or what side effects they might have, sorry. Regarding steroids and diabetes I know of a neighbour who had to go on huge doses of cortisone due to some very rare autoimmune disease and he immediately developed diabetes. I think he went on insulin and gained quite a lot of weight. This was a few years ago. He was able to reduce the steroids gradually and have now stopped them completely and I think his bg is normal again.

My mum is on cortisone due to polyneuropathy. I don't know if this condition is due to her vitamin B12 deficiency or if she had diabetes for a long time before starting the cortisone, but now at least she has diabetes. She will never come off the steroids as her adrenals wouldn't be able to cope now, after being dormant for so many years. She is 93.
 
My doc told me there is a relationship between LARGE doses of steroids and diabetes.

I am asthmatic also and take a very low dose of a maintenance steroid every day. According to my doc it is such a low dose that it had nothing to do with the diabetes.
 
I was on a short dose of steroids last year. There was a warning on the packet leaflet that they can raise blood sugars.
 
CAllyD said:
Only for the last couple of months have I been on medication. First tried me on Metformin - didn't agree with me - now on Gliclazide and not sure if this isn't making my Angina play up?.
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http://www.mydr.com.au/medicines/cmis/apo-gliclazide-mr-modified-release-tablets
If you experience any of the following, stop taking your medicine and contact your doctor immediately or go to the Accident and Emergency department at your nearest hospital. These are very serious side effects and are usually very rare. You may need urgent medical attention or hospitalisation.

  • yellowing of the skin or eyes, also called jaundice, and/or pale stools and dark urine.
  • vomiting blood or passing bloody or black, tarry stools
  • angina.
Other side effects not listed above may occur in some patients.
 
Andy12345 said:
i wonder if it could follow that, if the meds induced diabetes, stopping the meds may push you back under that line (once you can)
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That's what I'm hopeful of- I was on a very high dose to start with down to just 5mg a day now so time will tell
 
Thank you I'm going to see the Dr tomorrow.
 
Thank you for your reply Totto - I'm told that's why it takes so long to taper down from high dose or long term steroids, the adrenal glands need time to recover and some people never come off them like your Mum. One Dr told me they are 2 edge sword wonderful but lots of side effects, that's why they don't use them willy-nilly, only when really necessary. I hope I am like your neighbour and the Diabetes goes when the steroids finish ..and the extra Ibs
 
Yes I was on a large dose when I first began steroid treatment and probably predisposed to T2-D anyway being as it runs in my family but it did show signs almost soon as I went on the steroids.
 
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