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I was already diabetic, T2, when I developed PMR and started Prednisone. My blood sugar and my BP were well controlled until then but within two weeks of taking Pred both were sky high.

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Don't get me started with my blood pressure. My blood pressure was spiking and nobody knew because it wasn't ever too high when my blood pressure was taken. When I started having heart rhythm irregularities, an EKG was done. The EKG revealed that I had left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) which is usually caused by high blood pressure.

My primary care doctor told me to check my blood pressure more often. It took a couple days for me to catch a blood pressure reading of 210/110. I thought my blood pressure machine malfunctioned except the people in the emergency room verified that my blood pressure was extremely high. I was monitored for 2 hours in the emergency room while my blood pressure returned to normal. This all happened in the morning after I took my prednisone dose.

I was referred to a cardiologist who started me on 3 blood pressure medications. I took those BP medications for 10 years while I was on Prednisone.

Now I'm off Prednisone. Within 2 years all my blood pressure medications were stopped one by one because my blood pressure was getting too low. Now I'm off all my blood pressure medications.