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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1597515" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>from a fairly conservative 'peoplespharmacy.com'</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>"Blood Sugar and Statins:</strong></span></p><p>There is general agreement that statin therapy increases the risk of developing diabetes (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25398645" target="_blank"><em>Current Atherosclerosis Reports</em>, Jan. 2015</a>). Research has shown that there is a 10 to 12 percent increased incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes in statin takers.</p><p></p><p>The higher the dose and the more potent the statin the greater the risk. Investigators believe that statins “impair beta-cell function [in the pancreas] and decrease insulin sensitivity” (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26668119" target="_blank"><em>Nature Reviews. Endocrinology</em>, online, Dec. 15, 2015</a>).</p><p></p><p>What remains controversial, however, is whether people with diagnosed diabetes have a harder time controlling their blood sugar levels while taking statins. Many experts are convinced that there is no problem.</p><p></p><p>Most diabetes experts and cardiologists insist that the benefits of statins far outweigh the risks for people with prediabetes or a diabetes diagnosis. They state that should a patient develop type 2 diabetes after statin treatment they should continue on the statin and start drug treatment for their new-onset diabetes."</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px">I personally find that last paragraph outrageous! Considering the actual science based evidence to the contrary. But this is why I chose a conservative website to quote.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 1597515, member: 150927"] [SIZE=5][B]from a fairly conservative 'peoplespharmacy.com'[/B] [B][/B] [B]"Blood Sugar and Statins:[/B][/SIZE] There is general agreement that statin therapy increases the risk of developing diabetes ([URL='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25398645'][I]Current Atherosclerosis Reports[/I], Jan. 2015[/URL]). Research has shown that there is a 10 to 12 percent increased incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes in statin takers. The higher the dose and the more potent the statin the greater the risk. Investigators believe that statins “impair beta-cell function [in the pancreas] and decrease insulin sensitivity” ([URL='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26668119'][I]Nature Reviews. Endocrinology[/I], online, Dec. 15, 2015[/URL]). What remains controversial, however, is whether people with diagnosed diabetes have a harder time controlling their blood sugar levels while taking statins. Many experts are convinced that there is no problem. Most diabetes experts and cardiologists insist that the benefits of statins far outweigh the risks for people with prediabetes or a diabetes diagnosis. They state that should a patient develop type 2 diabetes after statin treatment they should continue on the statin and start drug treatment for their new-onset diabetes." [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]I personally find that last paragraph outrageous! Considering the actual science based evidence to the contrary. But this is why I chose a conservative website to quote.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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