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.