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| Drugs
And Blood Sugar
Consumer Reports On Health, August
2004 |
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| A
recent study shows the following drugs and supplements
can impair blood sugar control and should be used with
close supervision by people with diabetes and prediabetes: |
| Medication |
Use |
Drug
Names, Brand Names |
| Anti-psychotics
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Bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia |
Clozapine
(Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quentiapine (Seroquel),
risperidone (Risperdal) |
| Beta
blockers |
High
blood pressure, coronary artery disease |
Atenolol
(Tenormin), metoprolol (Lopressor), propanolol (Inderal),
timolol (Blocadren) |
| Cortico-steroids
|
Inflammation
|
Methyl-prednisolone
(Medrol, Meprolone), prednisone (Deltasone,
Orasone) |
| Glucosamine
|
Arthritis |
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| Iron
|
Iron
deficiency |
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| Niacin
|
High
triglycerides, low HDL (good) cholesterol levels
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Niaspan,
Nicolar |
| Thiazide
diuretics |
High
blood pressure |
Chlor-
thalidone (Hygroton), chloro-thiazide (Diuril),
hydro-chlorothiazide (Esidrix, Hydro-DIURIL) |
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