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What Can Be The Reason For Increase Blood Sugar Level?

since i am a copd affected 80 year old man, i have been taking 4 mg medrol steroid for last 6 years. in the early stage the dosage of medrol was high, 16 mg per day. i developed diabetes and was adviced to take one tablet of glimmer per day and have been doing so for about 6 years. of late my blood sugar has gone up over 200 random, i feel hungry and pass urine frequently. can i increase glimmer to twice a day
Wed, 2 Jul 2014
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Please do not randomly increase your dosage. Do a FBS, PPBS and consult doctor on how much dosage to be increased. this will keep you safe.
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What Can Be The Reason For Increase Blood Sugar Level?

Please do not randomly increase your dosage. Do a FBS, PPBS and consult doctor on how much dosage to be increased. this will keep you safe.