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<blockquote data-quote="Triffo" data-source="post: 1826519" data-attributes="member: 180655"><p>I have this exact problem. Although on a fairly low dose of Prednisolone (5mg) daily it appears to stop my insulin production in its tracks. My blood sugars rise steadily during the morning, even if I’m fasting. (My overnight BG is normally fairly good at between 4.8 and 5.6. ). I have found getting up and taking the Prednisolone with my other pills at 7.30am is the only way to live with it with any amount of control. If I forget to take the Prednisolone my BG results are almost perfect, I struggle to even go above 7 all day. With it I have to be extremely careful with my diet throughout the day, every day. It’s a never ending task. I do get some respite occasionally in the afternoon/evening when for no good reason I find myself a little low going into bedtime I can have something high in carbs to see me through the night. If I have a ‘blow out’ for a celebration etc I pay for it. The med staff who look after me now and in the past at first were not sure but now they accept that I am correct. Only snag is that I can never come off it as it’s part of my transplant medication routine. It’s worth noting I was insulin for a period after the transplant in Sept 2013 and that was gradually replaced by Gliclizide 80mg x twice daily. At that time I was 83kgs. I am now 56kgs and down to 40 msg x once a day but any further reduction is probably out of the question long term. xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Triffo, post: 1826519, member: 180655"] I have this exact problem. Although on a fairly low dose of Prednisolone (5mg) daily it appears to stop my insulin production in its tracks. My blood sugars rise steadily during the morning, even if I’m fasting. (My overnight BG is normally fairly good at between 4.8 and 5.6. ). I have found getting up and taking the Prednisolone with my other pills at 7.30am is the only way to live with it with any amount of control. If I forget to take the Prednisolone my BG results are almost perfect, I struggle to even go above 7 all day. With it I have to be extremely careful with my diet throughout the day, every day. It’s a never ending task. I do get some respite occasionally in the afternoon/evening when for no good reason I find myself a little low going into bedtime I can have something high in carbs to see me through the night. If I have a ‘blow out’ for a celebration etc I pay for it. The med staff who look after me now and in the past at first were not sure but now they accept that I am correct. Only snag is that I can never come off it as it’s part of my transplant medication routine. It’s worth noting I was insulin for a period after the transplant in Sept 2013 and that was gradually replaced by Gliclizide 80mg x twice daily. At that time I was 83kgs. I am now 56kgs and down to 40 msg x once a day but any further reduction is probably out of the question long term. xx [/QUOTE]
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