Medicines That Can Raise Blood Sugar as a Side Effect

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Medicines that can raise blood sugar in a person who has diabetes include:

Barbiturates.
Thiazide diuretics.
Corticosteroids.
Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) and progesterone.
Catecholamines.
Decongestants that contain beta-adrenergic agents, such as pseudoephedrine.
The B vitamin niacin. The risk of high blood sugar from niacin lowers after you have taken it for a few months.
The antipsychotic medicine olanzapine (Zyprexa).

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