I've gotten questions about medical use of steroids resulting in elevation of blood glucose (BG) levels. We're not talking about use of anabolic steroids by athletes trying to bulk up, but use of "standard steroids" for temporary conditions like severe poison ivy and for chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.
It's well known to physicians that prednisone, cortisone, dexamethasone, and all the other meds that are known medically as "glucocorticoids" will universally raise BG levels. But...
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