Border line diabetic & prednisone.

Welcome, Rodger.  Yes!  Prednisone raises blood sugar!  You need more blood tests when you're finished taking it.  When will you be ending the prednisone?

Mainly, diet.  This is a disease of metabolism problems, that is, how the body breaks down and uses carbohydrates in food for the energy we need. In diabetes, a few problems can exist: if our pancreas still produces insulin, if it produces enough, if our body's cells are able to open up and use the blood sugar in the system for energy, etc. 

Patients would have a blood sugar meter which measures blood sugar so they can check their levels.  They may do this a few times a day. 

There are different 'levels' of diabetes: diet-controlled, oral medication-controlled, insulin-controlled.  If blood sugar levels aren't critically high, patients who lower their carbs and are very active (exercise, walk, jog) can control their blood sugar with just diet and exercise.  If diet and exercise still can't control blood sugar, then the doctor will prescribe some sort of oral medication.

Check out the stickies at the top of our forum for more specific information.  I think that if you were just on a temporary dosage of prednisone and have ended it, your blood sugar may have already gone down to normal.  You need to have it tested.  Can you go back to the doctor's office or a pharmacy to get it tested?

I understand, Rodger.  I'm 63 and have been trying to control diabetes for several years (and high blood pressure and glaucoma) but these are fairly controllable and I have no complaints.  I  hope you're doing well in the prostate cancer challenge.  You don't need another health condition to worry about!  Just know that the more carbs you eat, the higher the blood sugar will be.  This is true for diabetics and for non-diabetics.  However, a non-diabetic's blood sugar will recover to normal rather quickly, whereas a diabetic's will remain high for too long unless we do something to help bring it down.  See about getting your blood sugar re-tested.  Fingers crossed that it's back to normal.

Yea...prednisone sometimes causes my blood sugar to get way too high. I'm currently tapering off the steroid due to a UC flare, but the blood sguar's still high and my UC symptoms are not horrible but not gone either. What can you do, eh? For better or worse, it appears my system can handle the high blood sugr for the relative short term, but I'm sure it'd gotta be harmful in the long run. I figure my pancreas is close to meltdown and insulin's in the future. Growing older sucks. ...then you die. Darn...I need my happy pills...am having a bummer day.

Yes, to counteract the pred.  What are you taking the prednisone for?

 Well i stopped taking prednisolone for a week then my Doctor the one that said i was borderline diabetic

the test took 2 hours urine blood more blood drink some glucose intolerance stuff then wait days for result.

Well got them today sugar level normal glucose intolerance test his said very good in other words not diabetic.

He asked what i have been doing to change result that is when i told him i had been taking prednisolone.

Well thank goodness results are good have enough to worry about with this prostrate cancer which also was

tested at the same time result undetectable so it has been a good day.

Thanks to every one that helped me god bless you all and good health to all.

Rodger.