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Type 2 Diabetes: Is It More Than Just Blood Sugar?

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Special considerations

Many forms of severe stress (for example, trauma, stroke, heart attack, and surgery) can temporarily increase glucose levels.

Drugs that can increase glucose measurements include the following:

Atypical antipsychotics, especially olanzapine
Corticosteroids
Diazoxide
Intravenous dextrose
Diuretics
Epinephrine
Estrogens
Glucagon
Isoniazid
Lithium
Phenothiazines
Phenytoin
Salicylates (acute toxicity -- see aspirin overdose)
Triamterene
Tricyclic antidepressants

Drugs that can decrease glucose measurements include the following:

Acetaminophen
Alcohol
Anabolic steroids
Clofibrate
Disopyramide
Gemfibrozil
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Pentamidine
Sulfonylurea medications (such as glipizide, glyburide, and glimepiride)

Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.

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Reviewer Info: Robert Hurd, MD, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.; ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, 02/08/2007