Can steroid eye drops cause high BG levels

[AJLang]

I'm on steroid eye drops for a week and waking up to high BG levels. There is conflicting advice on the internet as to whether they can raise BG levels. Any thoughts please.

 

[pav]

Not had steroid eye drops, but have had cream based steroids and they raised my BG levels, can't remember if as a bad of a rise as when on tablet form.

 

[grovesy]

Sorry can't help but I suppose it is possible.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

They say they can't but I found they did.

 

[mikeyB]

Yup, they can and do in my experience. In fact, I was warned about it.

 

[AJLang]

Thank you everyone.
Sue and Mikey thank you for confirming. I did wonder why I was waking in the mid-teens. Fortunately I finish them on Monday and now know to definitely not mess around with my basal levels.

 

[trophywench]

Yup! - TBRs LOL

 

[AJLang]

Thanks Jenny. I can't believe it took me so long to work out what might be causing the BG problem as I kept increasing the basal!

 

[Amigo]

I had 2 months of steroid eye drops on a gradually decreasing dose recently and they did increase my levels marginally but not massively. I think any steroid treatment that gets into the tissues could have the usual steroid side effects though my Consultant seemed sceptical that they would.

 

[AJLang]

Thanks Amigo. I had a GP once who said that tablet steroids wouldn't my BG!

 

[Amigo]

Thanks Amigo. I had a GP once who said that tablet steroids wouldn't my BG!

Even a steroid injection into my shoulder temporarily affected my BG's Amanda. The medics don't read the research into the effects I've found. Best wishes.

 

[happydog]

I was asked if I had received any steroid treatment when I was diagnosed as it was thought that this could be why I was showing high BGs, so they certainly can raise your levels. Hope you get back to normal for you very soon AJ 🙂

 

[AJLang]

Thank you Amigo and Happydog. I had the last eye steroid drop at 1pm so now keeping fingers crossed that the eye problem doesn't come back.