Medicines that Worsen Insulin Resistance (Do you take One?)

Fighting and reversing

insulin

resistance

is a very, very good thing for you and I hope you are doing it. Here's the problem you may not be aware of. There is actually a list of prescription medications that can

worsen

your

insulin

resistance

. While you are actively correcting your diet trying to improve your insulin resistance, you are unknowingly taking a prescription medication that

worsen

s your insulin resistance. Yes, that could be happening. I'm Dr. Ken Berry, a family doctor, and I'm going to give you the list of medications that can make insulin resistance worse. Having out-of-control insulin resistance increases your risk of having a heart attack, stroke. , kidney failure, liver failure, and a lot of other bad things, so I hope you're trying to reverse your insulin resistance, but if you're taking one of the medications I'm about to tell you about, they might actually be making your insulin resistance worse. insulin and fighting against your best efforts.

Now I will give you this list of very common medications that can worsen insulin resistance at the same time. At the end of this video, the last list I'm going to tell you, you would never imagine that these medications would make insulin resistance worse because it actually seems like they should fight it. This is the first class of medications that will surprise you. What makes insulin resistance worse, you may already know, is the thiazide diuretic, so hctz hydrochlorothiazide hct and dapamide, which are used for edema or blood pressure, can make your insulin resistance worse. The next class of medications are beta blockers such as propranolol, metoprolol, and detentalol, which are used for heart conditions. or high blood pressure can absolutely worsen your insulin resistance.

The next class of medications are second-generation antipsychotic medications such as Abilify Geodone Seroquel and Cyprexa. They are now approved by the FDA for the psychotic disorder schizophrenia, but are very often used off-label for others. psychiatric conditions ocd uh some stress and anxiety disorders ptsd and other things, so you could say, well, I don't have schizophrenia, but make sure you're not taking one of these second generation antipsychotics for an off-label indication, the next class of medication They are fluoroquinolone antibiotics like cipro and levaquin and fluxes and hopefully these you will be taking on a fairly short term basis so they shouldn't cause much of an effect but they may worsen your insulin resistance.

The next class of medications are corticosteroids such as delta. zone prednisone methyl prednisolone and prednisolone you would normally expect to

take

them short term for an inflammatory disorder but many people

take

them long term and even though they are trying to improve their diet their insulin resistance will not improve and that is why the following The medication that can worsen your insulin resistance is niacin, whether prescribed or as an over-the-counter niacin supplement, it can absolutely worsen insulin resistance and finally the class of medication that worsens insulin resistance, definitely, without a doubt, and by definition. your insulin resistance worsens and these are many of the medications for type 2 diabetes, so if you have type 2 diabetes, almost by definition you have insulin resistance, but many people are taking antidiabetic medications for their type 2 and it is getting absolutely worse. their insulin resistance and so they can't understand why the dietary changes they've made aren't helping their insulin resistance enough to reverse it and so basically glucophage or metformin is one One of the few antidiabetic medications for type 2 diabetics that does not worsen insulin resistance.

I'm going to put the full list of antidiabetic medications that absolutely make insulin resistance worse in the show notes below, but I'll tell you just the most common ones that you see advertised on TV. the moment byetta absolutely worsens your insulin resistance with glysa genuvia tragenta micronase glucotrol amaryl, so that would be glyburide, glyfozide and glomepiride, all three absolutely worsen your insulin resistance, then starlyx and brandon as well, so they all These type 2 diabetes medications work the same way. To reduce blood sugar level is to make the pancreas secrete more insulin. Now also any injectable for a type 2 diabetic, by definition, worsens their insulin resistance because they are injecting exogenous insulin, which increases their insulin, worsens their hyperinsulinemia and therefore causes their insulin.

Insulin resistance gets worse, so as you reduce carbs in your daily diet trying to improve your insulin resistance, check your medication list and make sure you're not taking one of the medications I talked about in this video. which absolutely make your insulin resistance The worst and worst thing in the world is that you try to do better and have one of your prescription medications paralyze you and cause you to fail even though you are trying. I hope this video has helped you. I'm Dr. Barry. See you next time