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A number of medicinal products are known to interact with glucose metabolism.
The following substances may reduce the patient's insulin requirements: Oral antidiabetic drugs, MAOIs, β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, salicylates, anabolic steroids and sulfonamides.
The following substances may increase the patient's insulin requirements: Oral contraceptives, thiazides, glucocorticoids, thyroid hormones, sympathomimetics, growth hormone and danazol.
Beta-blocking agents may mask the symptoms of hypoglycemia and delay recovery from hypoglycemia.
Octreotide/lanreotide may both increase and decrease insulin requirement.
Alcohol may intensify and prolong the glucose-lowering effect of insulin.
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