Saturday, October 24, 2009

Has anyone found that isoniazid (INH) has caused diabetes mellitus


Has anyone found that isoniazid (INH) has caused diabetes mellitus?
My son tested positive for TB before he went away to college, he was put on Isoniazid for 6 months. During that time he lost 15lbs. When he came home and went for a physical, he was diagnosed with diabetes. He was 20 years old with no family history of diabetes. His brother and sister are fine.
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No INH is not known to raise Blood sugar .It doesnot causes Diabetes. Ur son may be having early onset of type 2 DM . If u dont have a family histroy of DM( both maternal & paternal side ) even than one can become diabetic ,may be due to certain viral infections ,enviorment ,or mutant genes. Or the genes may not be dominant in other sibiling but he may have adominant gene.





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