Medications That Can Increase Blood Sugar

Here is a list of medications that may raise one's blood sugar:

• Barbiturates
• Thiazide diuretics
• Corticosteroids
• Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) and progesterone.
• Catecholamines
• Decongestants that contain beta-adrenergic agents, such as pseudoephedrine.
• The B vitamin niacin. The risk of high blood sugar from niacin lowers after you have taken it for a few months.
• The antipsychotic medicine olanzapine (Zyprexa).

Here is a link that contains a list of medications that may also raise one's blood sugar.