Suggest Treatment For High Blood Sugar Levels After Having Dinner

Posted on Sun, 19 Apr 2015

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Question : Taking met foreman type 2 and Prandin. Am on 20 mg prednisone every other day for asthma. When blood sugar spiked to 285 after eating dinner should I do anything special or just stay on routines?

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Need additional meds

Detailed Answer:
Good day,
Noted your concern. How long have you been taking prednisone for and how many days more ?

Prandin alone may not effectively control prednisone induced high sugar spike. When you take prednisone in the morning, sugars start spiking from noon onwards. The best way is to take a morning dose of Glimeperide or a basal insulin to reduce prednisone induced spike in blood sugar later in the day.

Regards
Binu

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar