Many medications may cause an increase or decrease in blood sugar, these include alcohol containing beverages aspirin and aspirin-like drugs chloramphenicol chromium diuretics female hormones, like estrogens or progestins and birth control pills heart medicines isoniazid male hormones or nabolic steroids medicines for weight loss medicines for allergies, asthma, cold, or cough medicines for mental problems medicines called mao inhibitors ike nardil, parnate, marplan, eldepryl niacin nsaids, medicines for pain and inflammation, like ibuprofen or naproxen pentamidine phenytoin probenecid quinolone antibiotics like ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin some herbal dietary supplements steroid medicines like prednisone or cortisone thyroid medicine glucotrol xl is an anti-diabetic drug sulfonylurea-type used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar.
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