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Old 12-06-2011, 05:23 PM
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Niacin (in the Niaspan) does raise blood sugar.

here is a link with more detail:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/v...-b3-000335.htm

There have been a few people on the net and here I have read, who claimed that gabapentin or Lyrica raised their blood sugar.
This may be because it causes food/carb cravings in some people, and this shows up in testing.

But I have failed to find confirmation of this on PubMed. Big Pharma has always historically hidden facts from doctors and the public about their products, so it might be there are papers out there about this that are just not published yet.

But in your case, I do think the Niaspan may be a culprit, as this is well documented.
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