 [ Symptoms ] red wine lowering blood sugar level hi  i have type 2 diabetes last few years i am using metformin 2+2 tablets i noticed that red wine is very good for lowering blood sugar yesterday after supper i had 2 glasses of red wine and before going to bed i had only 3 8 sugar in my blood i understand that doctors do not want to say that alcohol is good but red wine for me glass or two is very good i did not try and prove with other alcohols but i can suggest 2 glasses of red wine a day regards zoran markanovic dartmouth ns canada [ Disease ] any medication including thyroid medications can cause an allergic reaction such as hives the incidence of hives with thyroid medication though is very low however there is a known association between hives and thyroid antibodies about a quarter of patients with long term hives chronic urticaria have antibodies to thyroid tissue and many of these patients are found to have low thyroid levels the patients who had the worst hives were also the ones more likely to have antibodies to thyroid tissue hives patients can also have antibodies to other immune mediated diseases such as lupus unfortunately treating the thyroid condition does not eliminate the hives