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Will oral steroids have adverse effect if metformin or any other diabetes medicine is taken with it?

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Balancing act: Glucocorticoid-type steroids usually throw diabetic control out of kilter. Physicians need to use them carefully, and doubly so with diabetics. Good luck.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Will oral steroids have adverse effect if metformin or any other diabetes medicine is taken with it?

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