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Had trigger point injections of prednisone about 5-6 wks ago. how much would this raise my bs and for how long a period of time?
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Blood sugar: Current practice is not to use steroid in TP injections, That being said - how it affects your blood sugar and for how long depends on hoe much was used and whether its a Depo preparation or not,
Answered 4/30/2015
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