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Many forms of severe stress (for example, trauma, stroke, heart attack, and surgery) can temporarily increase glucose levels.
Drugs that can increase glucose measurements include the following:
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Corticosteroids
- Diazoxide
- Intravenous dextrose
- Diuretics
- Epinephrine
- Estrogens
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Glucagon
- Isoniazid
- Lithium
- Phenothiazines
- Phenytoin
- Salicylates (acute toxicity -- see aspirin overdose)
- Triamterene
Drugs that can decrease glucose measurements include the following:
- Oral acetaminophen
- Alcohol
- Anabolic steroids
- Clofibrate
- Disopyramide
- Gemfibrozil
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
- Pentamidine
- Sulfonylurea medications (such as glipizide, glyburide, and glimepiride)
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
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