Lecture Notes: Drugs that can impair glucose tolerance or cause overt diabetes mellitus

Glucocorticoids  Oral contraceptives Tacrolimus and cyclosporine Nicotinic acid (niacin) HIV protease inhibitors Thiazide diuretics (primarily at doses above 25 mg/day of hydrochlorothiazide or its equivalent) Atypical antipsychotics (clozapine, and some conventional antipsychotics) Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists Other Beta blockers Clonidine Calcium channel blockers Pentamidine Alcohol