Oral medications that cause an increase in blood sugar after a meal may return to normal without recurrence after discontinuing the medication or treatment if you do not have diabetes yourself.
Common medications that can cause an increase in blood glucose are mainly steroidal medications such as glucocorticoids, dexamethasone, and prednisolone. Oral intake of such drugs can lead to a short-term increase in blood glucose.
If you do not have diabetes and have normal pancreatic function, your blood sugar can slowly return to normal after you stop taking steroids. Some patients, after using the drugs, blood glucose will be seriously elevated, can be appropriately treated with hypoglycemic drugs. Generally, after stopping the drug, the patient’s blood sugar reverses to normal and will not be rechecked.
If you have diabetes mellitus, after using steroids, blood sugar will further increase, after stopping the drug, hyperglycemia will generally persist, requiring long-term treatment with hypoglycemic drugs.
Abnormalities in blood glucose, it is recommended to seek medical attention in a timely manner, drugs need to be used under the guidance of a medical professional.