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Pothencode Diabscreen Camp, January 29, 2005 at UP School, Pothencode | ||||||
Que: Can Asthma medicines cause diabetes? We have no family history of diabetes, but my son developed it at the age of 25 years while on treatment for asthma with betnelan and Deriphylline daily. Jothydev: Drug induced diabetes used to be very common in the past. Steroids when taken orally and as injections are life saving in some critical situations. But these medications are never advised for long term use. At least 30% of diabetes is secondary to use of drugs by patients without consulting the doctors .Very efficient and safe inhalers like Salmeterol, Fluticasone etc have revolutionized the treatment of Asthma. Drug induced diabetes may sometimes require Insulins. In some cases diabetes will disappear over a period of several months when modern inhaler medicines are used for asthma instead of oral medications. |
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