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my grandfather is a parkinson patient and his diabetes have been doing counts of 200 and above after he started taking mirator 0.5 and Parkitidin prescribed by doctor. is that because of the prescribed medicine?

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Dr. Nikhil Prabhu answered : 9 years ago

pramipexole can cause hyperglycemia to some extent , amantadine supress glucagon and enhance action of insulin to some extent. Your grandfathers high sugars could be due to pramipexole - mirator 0.5 , you can consult a diabetologist with full investigations to alter diabetic medicines accordingly

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