Using other medicines Your insulin needs may change if you are taking the contraceptive pill, steroids, thyroid hormone replacement therapy, oral hypoglycaemics, acetyl salicylic acid, sulpha antibiotics, octreotide, “ beta2 stimulants” (for example ritodrine, salbutamol or terbutaline), beta-blockers, or some antidepressants (monoamine oxidase inhibitors), danazol, some angiotensin converting (ACE) inhibitors (for example captopril, enalapril), and angiotensin II receptor blockers.