ACE INHIBITORS, ALCOHOL, ANABOLIC STEROIDS, ASPIRIN, BETABLOCKERS, GUANETHIDINE, DISOPYRAMIDE, FENFLURAMINE,MEBENDAZOLE, OCTREOTIDE SOME MAOIS, SOME TETRACYCLINES, AND TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS DECREASE INSULIN REQUIREMENTS. SOME CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKERS, CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE, CHLORPROMAZINE, CORTICOSTEROIDS, DIAZOXIDE, LITHIUM,THIAZIDE DIURETICS, AND THYROID HORMONES INCREASED INSULIN REQUIREMENTS. CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, ISONIAZID, AND ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES MAY BOTH INCREASE AND DECREASE INSULIN REQUIREMENT.
INTERFERONS INCREASE INSULIN REQUIREMENT.