Pred worries

[Ronzy]

Anyone know the percentage of people contacting diabetes from taking prednisolone .

That’s what doctor worry about

[SnazzyD]

Not exactly but being on Pred can make your blood go up a lot so it looks like you’ve got diabetes. However, it depends on your dose and that doesn’t mean you’re diabetic if your blood sugars are up necessarily. Diet can make a a huge difference. Proper diabetes is when you can’t produce enough insulin to cope with the raised blood sugar. What is your dose and what are your blood sugar tests results?

[Ronzy in reply to SnazzyD]

Only been on pred a few days this time .I was a a few years last time ,no side effects at all Doctor worried to death I would get diabetes ,I’m not over wt .i ended up falling out with his just kept trying to get me off tow quick .so joined another practice 😤😂

[Theziggy]

I had type 2 diabetes before being diagnosed with PMR (well to be accurate Palindromic Rheumatism)

[Pixix]

I had steroid induced pre diabetes a month after diagnosis, I was on 16mg. I did a month’s keto diet & reversed it. Now on 4.5mg I had a blood test in the New Year, just after eating so much sugar laden goods over the Christmas period & my results were fine! No idea what percentage at all, sorry. Please note, it was only pre diabetes, & reversed very quickly, I had follow up blood tests each month for 3 months, all fine.

[Ronzy in reply to Pixix]

Super eh. I call pred magic pils🥳

[PMRpro Ambassador]

No idea Ronzy - but as Snazzy explains it isn't true diabetes and will usually go away once you are on a lower dose of pred. It also doesn't happen to the same extent in everyone.

Pred makes your liver release random spikes of sugar from body stores - you can't do anything about that but you CAN control what is in your diet. In the last few months I haven't been as disciplined as I was and fully expected my Hba1c to have gone up to reflect that (is is a sign of the average BS level over time), At my last blood test, my morning blood sugar level was a bit up, 110 instead of under 100, it wasn't quite fasting, I'd had my morning cups of tea with milk, but my Hba1c remains at 36, the normal level.

[Ronzy in reply to PMRpro]

Hi love nice to here your doing ok,wish my doctor new half as much about pmr as you do Yes mine as fired up again. Seams much worse this time she gave me pred for 10 days 15 mg a day .said if you get head hake including your temples Ring 101 .

So this morning woke up at 6 with pain around that area down back of neck bad shoulder

Waiting in A&E for a couple of hours so I was about 3 hrs late with pred now

Doctor there said is your vision ok ,i said yes ,and that was it 🤷🏽‍♂️So now after 2hr taking pred not too good yet 😵‍💫

Tack care 😘Ronzy 😊