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What Causes High Blood Sugar Levels While On Digoxin, Losartan And Rosuvastatin?
Question: I had A-Fib at the end of Feb. and my doctor changed my meds to: Digoxin, Eliquis, Clopidogrel, Rosuvastatin and increased my Losartan from 50 to 100, also he increased Metoprolol from 50 to 100. Ever since then my Blood Sugar numbers have gone very high. In Dec., XXXXXXX and Feb. my Blood Sugars were around 134 avg. with 42 units of Toujeo. My Blood Sugar numbers have gone up in March to 179 avg. and April to 204 avg. My Blood Sugar Dr. has me increasing my Toujeo from 42 to 70 and my numbers are still up. My current avg. is running around 200 still. My diet has not changed from Dec. to today. Is there any reason why, with the increase of Toujeo, why my numbers have not gone down? My name is XXXXXXX and I hope you can help me, Thanks..
Brief Answer:
Stress can be the cause of your actual high blood sugars.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
I have gone through your question.
If you have a healthy-eating plan and do regular physical activities, maybe the cause of your actual high blood sugar is your daily life stress or any physical problem you may have, like an infection. Another possibility is simply the recently doubled dose of your beta-blocker(Metoprolol).
If you were my patient I'd insist on maintaining a strict diabetic diet and more exercises for you(if not contraindicated by the cardiologist). And if these are not sufficient I will change the insulin regimen.
Hope this is helpful.
If you have other doubts, feel free and ask. I'll be happy to help.
Take care.
Stress can be the cause of your actual high blood sugars.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
I have gone through your question.
If you have a healthy-eating plan and do regular physical activities, maybe the cause of your actual high blood sugar is your daily life stress or any physical problem you may have, like an infection. Another possibility is simply the recently doubled dose of your beta-blocker(Metoprolol).
If you were my patient I'd insist on maintaining a strict diabetic diet and more exercises for you(if not contraindicated by the cardiologist). And if these are not sufficient I will change the insulin regimen.
Hope this is helpful.
If you have other doubts, feel free and ask. I'll be happy to help.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
I forgot to tell you about all my XXXXXXX issues.
1). Liver issues - XXXXXXX # 10 with tumor marker at 4, stage 3
2) Enlarged Spleen
3). Platelets down at 87,000
4). A1C at 7.3
5). Back surgery, L5-S1, 2 rods / 4 screws
6). Spastic Colon ( Mayo Clinic ) July 2012
I also forgot to let you know that my new 100% pain level
is 4 on the pain scale.
Thanks,
XXXXX
1). Liver issues - XXXXXXX # 10 with tumor marker at 4, stage 3
2) Enlarged Spleen
3). Platelets down at 87,000
4). A1C at 7.3
5). Back surgery, L5-S1, 2 rods / 4 screws
6). Spastic Colon ( Mayo Clinic ) July 2012
I also forgot to let you know that my new 100% pain level
is 4 on the pain scale.
Thanks,
XXXXX
Brief Answer:
As i said earlier,stress is the culprit of your blood glucose fluctuations.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again XXXX
With all these important details of your medical history,i can better understand your actual situation.
You have a complicated medical history and your blood glucose fluctuations are the result of all these conditions.
XXXXXXX or Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is liver inflammation caused by a buildup of fat in the liver and your insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes can be a potential cause of this condition.
The control of diabetes,reach a healthy weight;stop or cut back on drinking alcohol and exercise regularly are very important goals for you.
About the enlarged spleen and decreased plaletets you should talk with your treating doctor because it is necessary to do do some test and investigation, to reach the right diagnosis and than to have the right treatment.
Anyway,as endocrinologist i can say that you are a well educated diabetic and your HbA1C test is good(the goal is 7%).
This means that in the XXXXXXX 3 month your blood glucose results have been in the interval 150-160 mg/dl and these are good results for you in your actual medical situation and with your actual pain level.
If you think that even with strict diabetic diet,you can't have better results,we can discuss about the possibility of changing insulin regimen.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards.
As i said earlier,stress is the culprit of your blood glucose fluctuations.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again XXXX
With all these important details of your medical history,i can better understand your actual situation.
You have a complicated medical history and your blood glucose fluctuations are the result of all these conditions.
XXXXXXX or Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is liver inflammation caused by a buildup of fat in the liver and your insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes can be a potential cause of this condition.
The control of diabetes,reach a healthy weight;stop or cut back on drinking alcohol and exercise regularly are very important goals for you.
About the enlarged spleen and decreased plaletets you should talk with your treating doctor because it is necessary to do do some test and investigation, to reach the right diagnosis and than to have the right treatment.
Anyway,as endocrinologist i can say that you are a well educated diabetic and your HbA1C test is good(the goal is 7%).
This means that in the XXXXXXX 3 month your blood glucose results have been in the interval 150-160 mg/dl and these are good results for you in your actual medical situation and with your actual pain level.
If you think that even with strict diabetic diet,you can't have better results,we can discuss about the possibility of changing insulin regimen.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Remy Koshy
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