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<blockquote data-quote="gmmorris" data-source="post: 2152032" data-attributes="member: 174371"><p>I have been diabetic (on insulin for the greater part) for 20-odd years, and started (inter alia) on 20 mg prednisolone bd several years ago also because of sarcoidosis. Initially, my blood sugar readings were completely and seemingly inexplicably out of control. I blamed the meter, the needles, the insulin itself - absolutely anything but the steroid. Then - the light-bulb moment. No-one at all had warned me what to expect.The steroid! </p><p></p><p>From then on, I adjusted the insulin by a crazy factor I dare not publish, and regained blood figures nearer to my former normalcy. As soon as the steroid was reduced, so was the need for buckets of insulin. So - I would suggest that whenever finally your doses of steroid are reduced, your blood figures will reduce too.</p><p></p><p>I should add that I am not a medic - just a patient. But, for what it's worth, that is my experience. Hope it may throw some light on your own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gmmorris, post: 2152032, member: 174371"] I have been diabetic (on insulin for the greater part) for 20-odd years, and started (inter alia) on 20 mg prednisolone bd several years ago also because of sarcoidosis. Initially, my blood sugar readings were completely and seemingly inexplicably out of control. I blamed the meter, the needles, the insulin itself - absolutely anything but the steroid. Then - the light-bulb moment. No-one at all had warned me what to expect.The steroid! From then on, I adjusted the insulin by a crazy factor I dare not publish, and regained blood figures nearer to my former normalcy. As soon as the steroid was reduced, so was the need for buckets of insulin. So - I would suggest that whenever finally your doses of steroid are reduced, your blood figures will reduce too. I should add that I am not a medic - just a patient. But, for what it's worth, that is my experience. Hope it may throw some light on your own. [/QUOTE]
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