[SRSprunger]

My blood sugar is elevated - AFTER sleeping 9 hours it reads high?? During the day after meals and activity - it reads considerably lower?. the opposite of what it should be? I'm wondering if my daily prescription medicine is causing this elevation. I'm on meloxicam, lexapro and simvastatin.

[KISS]

I only looked at simvastatin (Zocor) here: http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_...r/zocor_pi.pdf

Your doc should be performing liver function tests regularly while on this medication. He should have done one before starting and after being on the drug. If your diabetic you should do the full days worth of glucose tests periodically, say once every 3-4 months or so and you should likely be getting hA1c (Hemoglobin A1c tests) regularly like a test every 6 mo to 1 yr. The baseline should have been established before you started taking the drug.

It's good your on top of the diabetes, but in order to know how you stand, you need to do the full test once in a while. The diabetes will only get worse.

Also limit foods with a high glycemic index.

You mentioned sugars, but you don't have a full days worth:
1. fasting, before breakfast
2. 2 hrs after
3. before lunch
4. 2 hrs after
5. dinner
6. 2 hours after
7. bedtime

Then set your alarm and take it about 3:00 AM in the morning
And in the morning again before breakfast.

The Liver prepares the body for waking by raising the blood sugar levels. Zocor also can cause diabetes and can mess with the liver enzymes.

So, it's imperative you have the liver function tests.

I know personally, for me, that Metformin (A typical trug to treat diabetes - an insulin sensitizer) taken at bedtime (the prescribing info says take with food-I don't at bedtime) reduces liver dump in my case.

Timing of medications sometimes helps. My doc generally leaves it up to me as long as it works. I do the research.

[KBC]

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