Prednisone and high blood glucose level

I would call your Gp and ask for some blood tests. Usually glucosemlevels return to normal shortly after stopping pred, but not always. You might have to do a couple of Glucose tolerance tests. I can't speak to your LDN question. How long until you think you will be off pred?

Some members here have said that prednisone gave them permanent diabetes. Other members said that their blood sugar returned back to normal after stopping the pred. I am prediabetic with diabetes in my family and refuse to take pred no matter what. But I would guess that you taking only 2.5 g of prednisone would not push you into the diabetic range.

I measure my fasting blood sugar each morning to keep myself honest food wise. The real reason why I am so vigilant with diet is because I am more afraid of diabetes than UC. I can save money on test strips by purchasing them thru the internet. Not all testing meters measure blood consistently and accurately but below are some that are rated highly. Nothing is more frustrating than two blood measurements, one minute apart, from the same pinprick, to differ by 20-30 points!

At your next blood test make sure it includes your fasting glucose number, which will be accurate, as well as your A1C. A1C will give your average blood sugar for the past 3 months.

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For a fasting blood glucose test you can't eat or drink anything but water for eight hours before your test. I am unclear about something. So, if I ate my last meal of the evening at 6pm, and then I have my blood test at 7am first thing in the morning, that amounts to 13 hours..is that a problem?

Thanks a lot!