A CASE REPORT ON PREDNISONE INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS
Glucocorticoids are very efficacious and frequently prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs. However, glucocorticoid treatment is associated with frequent occurrence of multiple side effects, including adverse metabolic effects like hyperglycemia. Here we report a case of prednisone induced diabetes mellitus where patient blood glucose level was found to be 156mg/dl at 6th month from the initiation of therapy. Patient was initially nondiabetic, do not have family history of diabetes and there were no other predisposing factors, hence it was confirmed as drug induced condition. As there is a risk of Diabetes mellitus with the use of glucocorticoids, hence Patients who are taking these drugs should be investigated for hyperglycemia promptly even if there were no symptoms present