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Does Ibrutinib Affect Blood Sugar Control In Type 1 Diabetics?
Question: Does ibrutinib affect blood sugar control in Type 1 diabetics?
Brief Answer:
Not directly
Detailed Answer:
dear sir, ibrutinib is a drug to treat B cell cancers, like CLL, waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. it does not affect sugars directly. but if it causes infection like pneumonia or UTI, then surely sugars will worsen
regards!
Not directly
Detailed Answer:
dear sir, ibrutinib is a drug to treat B cell cancers, like CLL, waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. it does not affect sugars directly. but if it causes infection like pneumonia or UTI, then surely sugars will worsen
regards!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
Does Ibrutinib for CLL affect the accuracy of the A1C test for blood sugar?
Brief Answer:
Not really.
Detailed Answer:
Dear sir,
CLL AND Diabetes, the combination occurs less often. It is not known or reported that the drug interferes with the test.
If you have any reference please do let me know.
Regards
Not really.
Detailed Answer:
Dear sir,
CLL AND Diabetes, the combination occurs less often. It is not known or reported that the drug interferes with the test.
If you have any reference please do let me know.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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