Do Beta Blockers Influence the Results of a Diabetes Fasting Posted: 01-27-06 15:00pm
Hello, im new in the forums and to
diabetes as well. However i have a
Question i went to the doctor like a month
ago due to a few palpitations i had (not
related to diabetes i guess), and he
ordered a bunch of tests for me to do. In
the Fasting one i had 92 on the sugar
count (i have always been in the 85-95)
range all my life, however he decided to
make the glucose tolerance test, the
reading i got when i got there was 91 then
after the first hour i got 210 he said the
maximun was 200, and then in the second
hour i had 170 he said the maximun was
140, by the third hour i was back to 86.
After seeing my results he said i was a
Diabetic prescribed no meds only to lose
weight (im like 40 pounds overweight) and
exercise. Im also been taking beta
blockers a week and a half prior to the
test (25mg every night) and i wondered if
that may influence the test somehow, with
my current insurance policies i cannot see
another doctor right now, (ill try to
solve that because i want a seccond
opinion) so my question is if im really a
diabetic or if the beta blockers
(metropolol) are messing my test results.
Thank you in Advance.
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Diabetes Answer A289 Posted: 02-09-06 13:14pm
Metoprorol is a cardio-selective(beta1)
blocker so it doesn’t have the same
metabolic effects as
non-selective(beta1/2) blockers. That’s
why metoprorol can’t influence the
results of diabetes fasting tests. With
the above test results, it seems that you
are suffering from special type of a
diabetes named “Impaired glucose
tolerance-IGT”. That means that your
glucose level remains OK when you are
hungry, but your glucose tolerance test IS
NOT OK! You can check your glucose blood
level more often to monitor these lieve.
To help control the illness, YOU HAVE TO
LOSE WEIGHT!!!
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