news Atorvastatin use worsens blood glucose control

[Cowboyjim]

This has me concerned because I take statins too..."Atorvastatin may worsen some measures of blood glucose control, according to a US randomised controlled trial."
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?s ... 125732&c=2
Pfizer cautions tho... 8)

 

[catherinecherub]

It's like playing russian roulette with some of these drugs. Higher blood sugars but lower risk of heart disease this week but next week it will be something different.

 

[Cowboyjim]

Swings and roundabouts too... today comes news of a UCSF-led study examining the impact of statins on the progression of MS which found a lower incidence of new brain lesions in patients taking an 80 milligram daily dose of atorvastatin (Pfizer Lipitor).
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-04/uoc--sms041410.php
What next for this miracle fungus? 8)