Re: HCTZ Hydrochlorothiazide

[Guest guest]

,

I've been taking HCTZ (50 mg now, was 25 for about a year) for a couple of

years and don't notice any rise in bg as a result.

~a

In a message dated 1/10/2006 1:38:44 PM US Eastern Standard Time,

andrew@... writes:

I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

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[Guest guest]

Hi , I'll let someone else fill you in on the possible BG rise, but be

aware, HCTZ *could* lower your potassium level. YMMV, but it lowered my

potassium level to where I needed to take pills for it.

From: Rotramel

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:32 PM

I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

[Guest guest]

My understanding is it increases insulin resistance. I had always

thought that meant it was slow acting, but I'm not positive about

that. Meaning you wouldn't notice any rise in blood sugar from one

day or even week to another but from year to year, it would make you

worse.

Diabetics are better off on other drugs for blood pressure if

possible. Since my husband does need a little diuretic, he now gets

it mixed with an ACE inhibitor instead of a diuretic and Atenolol,

both of which increase insulin resistance. He's doing fine on the new

drugs. I think at the same time he doesn't need as much blood

pressure durgs as before the low carb diet and lowering his blood sugar.

Judy

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>

> ,

> I've been taking HCTZ (50 mg now, was 25 for about a year) for a

couple of

> years and don't notice any rise in bg as a result.

> ~a

>

> In a message dated 1/10/2006 1:38:44 PM US Eastern Standard Time,

> andrew@r... writes:

>

> I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

> know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I forgot to mention in my post just now the mineral loss that

diuretics cause. Not only potassium, but also magnesium, which I

understand is commonly deficient in diabetics anyway. Other minerals

as well, probably including chromium, which diabetics also tend to be

deficient in. Type 2 diabetics, I should say -- I have no idea about

type 1.

>

> Hi , I'll let someone else fill you in on the possible BG

rise, but be aware, HCTZ *could* lower your potassium level. YMMV, but

it lowered my potassium level to where I needed to take pills for it.

>

>

> From: Rotramel

> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:32 PM

>

>

> I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

> know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've taken this. Before I had faulty glucose tolerance. I don't know

what it does to blood sugar, but my guess is not much.

Orange juice is your solution for potassium.

Yours,

Dora

Austin, TX

villandra@...

D wrote:

>Hi , I'll let someone else fill you in on the possible BG rise, but be

aware, HCTZ *could* lower your potassium level. YMMV, but it lowered my

potassium level to where I needed to take pills for it.

>

>

> From: Rotramel

> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:32 PM

>

>

> I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

> know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

>

>

[Guest guest]

What are you taking it for? Many things that aggravate insulin

resistance or raise blood sugar are alright if you only need to take

them for short periods of time or on an occasional basis. I take it

for things that only act up when my body retains fluid, which it has

found it markedly hard to do sicne I moved to Texas!

Yours,

Dora

Austin, TX

villandra@...

>

>I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

>know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

>

>

[Guest guest]

MY endo put me on this for high blood pressure. The calcium channel

blocker and ace inhibitor are not doing the trick by themselves.

>

> What are you taking it for? Many things that aggravate insulin

> resistance or raise blood sugar are alright if you only need to take

> them for short periods of time or on an occasional basis. I take

it

> for things that only act up when my body retains fluid, which it has

> found it markedly hard to do sicne I moved to Texas!

>

> Yours,

> Dora

> Austin, TX

> villandra@a...

>

>

> >

> >I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

> >know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this

one?

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I think a pill would be better - we still have diabetes regardless of

potassium levels.

CarolR

Dora wrote:

> Orange juice is your solution for potassium.

>

[Guest guest]

No, Dora...oj may be okay for nondiabetics but big NONO for us.

Potassium is found in spinach tho and that's low on the GI scale.

Vicki

Re: HCTZ Hydrochlorothiazide

> I've taken this. Before I had faulty glucose tolerance. I don't

> know

> what it does to blood sugar, but my guess is not much.

>

> Orange juice is your solution for potassium.

>

> Yours,

> Dora

> Austin, TX

> villandra@...

>

>

>

> D wrote:

>

>>Hi , I'll let someone else fill you in on the possible BG rise,

>>but be aware, HCTZ *could* lower your potassium level. YMMV, but it

>>lowered my potassium level to where I needed to take pills for it.

>>

>>

>> From: Rotramel

>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:32 PM

>>

>>

>> I started hydrochlorothiazide yesterday. It is a diauretic. Anyone

>> know how much of a blood sugar rise I should expect from this one?

>>

>>

[Guest guest]

At 08:19 PM 1/10/06, Dora wrote:

>I've taken this. Before I had faulty glucose tolerance. I don't know

>what it does to blood sugar, but my guess is not much.

>

>Orange juice is your solution for potassium.

Orange juice? Orange juice? So we worry about the potassium and not what

that OJ is going to do to our blood glucose levels? Hello?

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I took hydrochlorothyiazide for 6 years or so. Funny thing is they gave

it to me when I was first diagnosed with diabetes. Never knew it could

raise blood sugar. I was able to get by with diet and exercise for many

years and the last two I was not. When I was finally prescribed

diabetic meds the pharmacy alerted me that it was contraindicted to take

it with a diabetic med, warning that it could make BG higher. So in

other words I was very well increasing my BG all along by taking it and

never knew any different. The poster that said it would increase it

slowly was right. It's a gradual increase not an immediate noticeable

thing. It was frustrating for me because I felt I could never quite get

the control I needed as I was taking meds which were basically fighting

against each other. I eventually got off of it due to an allergic

reaction which ended in me being hospitalized due to cross reactions

when other meds with sulfa was just too much. There is some sulfa in

hydrochlorothyiazide just in case you are also taking other sulfa based

meds or are allergic to sulfa or penicillin, they reaction doesn't

always show up right away. Mixing meds with the same ingredients will

often cause cross reactions. So I would check what your other meds are

because my drs KNEW but never told me. I found out after the fact and

then all the drs around seemed to be saying oh yeah that always

happens. I have to say check the label on the med because with any

direutic they usually say do not use salt substitutes. You would want

to get what you need from foods, especially the potassium. I can't

remember what the salt substitutes do but I just know they are not

recommended. I think someone mentioned being low in magnesium as well.

That did happen to me. Think I took that med for 6 years. I never felt

that great on it either. It's supposed to be a standard one they

prescribe but as with everthing there are side affects.

>Orange juice??? That would send me sky high. How about salt

>substitute, which is potassium chloride?

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