Mine has certainly increased but I am not yet diabetic. It's one reason that I want to get off of it ASAP. Diabetes runs in my family anyway and I really don't want to add that to my list of issues. I hope that you aren't facing that too...
Aloha

I agree that prednisone presents some serious side effects. I have recently been placed on a short course of the stuff, and with good reasons. Everything else, mestinon, IVIg, and apheresis had all failed to keep me from going into myasthenia crisis and aspiration pneumonia. The prednisone is reducing the inflammation in my lungs until I beat my lung infections. Then I'll go onto celcept and off the prednisone. I have had side effects of high blood sugar, but weighed against the other options it's a good drug for the time being. I wish you the very best.

Robert (1terrier)

yea I did.
When I was on high doses of prednisone I found myself wanting to eat the food I saw on the computer. I knew I had a serious problem. I then went to Weight watchers and have continued. It is hard to maintain a weight let alone loose weight on this med. I completely stay away from sugars as much as I can.
sodium too

I am a sugaraholic, which was fine when I could run. Exercise does so much to make right what we do wrong, but now hat I am completely sedentary, my blood sugar has gone up a little. I restrict like crazy; a person cannot do nothing, take steroids, and consume a normal about of calories. I watch what I eat, too, which seems to help keep my blood sugar just within range.

I have had gestational diabetes in the past, and now have mild diabetes that I control by carefully eating a diabetic diet and restricting carbs. But when I was in the hospital on prednisone, I could not control it with diet and had to have insulin shots for the first time.

Hi Charlie!
I think it's fair to say? Diabetes that develops from long-term use of prednisone? Or - from larger dosages, precribed over shorter periods?
It's one of the major possible side-effects of prednisone.

I was diagnosed as ''pre-diabetic'', shortly after MG diagnosis.
I remained on low-dose prednisone for years. Later on, facing more acute symptoms, I was taking high-dose prednisone, for many months.
Yet my glucose-tests and A1C - never varied much at all.
(Although I did develop minor cataracts.)

There are many Snowflakes here, who have had much more difficulty, dealing with prednisone and diabetes (and cataracts).
True: while our individual reactions to prednisone - may vary? Diabetes is always a major concern.

Keep a good watch on those glucose numbers.
- Ross
I always warm my fingers, with a warm face cloth, before getting a sample. That helps a lot.

Hi Charlie,
I had steroid induced diabetes when I was on the higher dose of prednisone(60mg). I had to give myself insulin shots (luckily I have belly fat!LOL). Once I tapered down below 20mg I didn't need the insulin anymore.