Medications for other conditions that can lower blood sugar level
Some medications for other conditions can lower your blood sugar level or can interfere with whether you develop symptoms of low blood sugar. This is obviously a concern when you have diabetes. Talk with your doctor before taking any new medication.
Medications that can lower your blood sugar level include:
- Medications to reduce fever and relieve pain, such as salicylate medications like ASA. Do not give ASA to a person 20 years and younger because ASA has been linked to Reye's syndrome.
- Medications to treat some types of mental disorders, such as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
- Quinine sulfate.
- Pentamidine, such as Pentacarinat 300.
Some medications interfere with whether you develop symptoms of low blood sugar, leading to your blood sugar level dropping very low before you are aware of it. These include heart and blood pressure medications (beta-blockers) such as propranolol (for example, Inderal), nadolol (for example, Corgard), and metoprolol (for example, Lopresor).
| Author: | Monica Rhodes | Last Updated: February 22, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine | |
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