Topic Overview
Some medicines for other conditions can lower your blood
sugar level. Other medicines can hide the symptoms of low blood sugar. This is a concern when you have
diabetes. Talk with your doctor before taking any new
medicine.
Examples include:
- Medicine to reduce fever and relieve pain, such
as salicylate medicines such as aspirin.
- Medicine to treat some
types of mental disorders, including monoamine oxidase inhibitors
(MAOIs) such as phenelzine, selegiline, and tranylcypromine.
- Medicine to treat high blood pressure, including some calcium channel blockers (such as diltiazem, nifedipine, and verapamil) and some beta-blockers (such as atenolol, bisoprolol, and metoprolol).
- Medicine to treat malaria, such as quinine.
- Medicine to treat some forms of pneumonia, such as pentamidine.
Credits
| By | Healthwise Staff |
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| Primary Medical Reviewer | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine |
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| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Jennifer Hone, MD - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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| Last Revised | September 26, 2012 |
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