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Posted by dentil on September 25, 2006, at 8:53:54
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has noticed a relationship between blood glucose levels and effexor. I take 75 mg of effexor per day and have recently been dignosed with Type 2 diabetes. I have none of the usual characteristics of the disease (obesity, high blood pressure, family history etc). I have also noticed that if I make a mistake and delay taking my effexor until the evening (instead of once in the morning) that my fasting glucose levels go way up the next morning. I also notice that the only time my glucose levels are abnormal is when I do a fasting blood level. After eating, my glucose levels always behave normally. In any event, I would love to hear if anyone has experienced a similar effect.
Posted by Racer on September 25, 2006, at 12:09:12
In reply to Effexor and diabetes, posted by dentil on September 25, 2006, at 8:53:54
Effexor may be the problem. One of the emergent adverse effects is blood sugar changes. (Don't ask for cites -- I read that about the time I went off it, back in 2002.) I know that my blood sugar was in the 200 range by the time I got off it, partly no doubt because of the weight gain, but it normalized as soon as I got off the drug, even before the weight loss.
Sorry. Hope it helps, though.
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