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Do you think taking statins may have caused your diabetes?

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If you think taking statins may have caused your diabetes, a newspaper journalist writing for one of the national papers would like to talk to you.

If you are interested in sharing your story please get in touch with Sara or Teresa at the Diabetes.co.uk press office

Please email [email protected]
 
DCUK Press said:
If you think taking statins may have caused your diabetes, a newspaper journalist writing for one of the national papers would like to talk to you.

If you are interested in sharing your story please get in touch with Sara or Teresa at the Diabetes.co.uk press office

Please email [email protected]
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Very interesting question .Although I was controlled on diet only but then put on statins and now need medication .Had heard recently of a possible connection .
 
I think that I was headed straight for Type 2 with an unhealthy lifestyle. However, I firmly believe that taking statins rapidly accelerated where I was possibly already going.

November of last year: Weight 260, bad cholesterol numbers. Was put on 40mg Lipitor daily. Absolutely no sign of diabetes

3 months later a routine physical showed high glucose in my urine and a subsequent HbA1c of 9.5%

I doubt that the journalists would be interested in my story because I am not a Brit. However, I would certainly be interested in reading whatever they come up with.

To be clear, I am almost glad that I was diagnosed. Otherwise I might have never taken the steps to get my lifestyle in order. By saying that I am almost glad, I do not want to make light of others that have also been diagnosed. We each have our own story and path that brought us to where we are. In my case, I blame myself but I also give a big stink-eye to Lipitor.

For the record, I have regained control of my health and my numbers are now lower than those associated with pre-diabetes.
 
MikeZ said:
I think that I was headed straight for Type 2 with an unhealthy lifestyle. However, I firmly believe that taking statins rapidly accelerated where I was possibly already going.

November of last year: Weight 260, bad cholesterol numbers. Was put on 40mg Lipitor daily. Absolutely no sign of diabetes

3 months later a routine physical showed high glucose in my urine and a subsequent HbA1c of 9.5%

I doubt that the journalists would be interested in my story because I am not a Brit. However, I would certainly be interested in reading whatever they come up with.

To be clear, I am almost glad that I was diagnosed. Otherwise I might have never taken the steps to get my lifestyle in order. By saying that I am almost glad, I do not want to make light of others that have also been diagnosed. We each have our own story and path that brought us to where we are. In my case, I blame myself but I also give a big stink-eye to Lipitor.

For the record, I have regained control of my health and my numbers are now lower than those associated with pre-diabetes.
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Hi Mike,

Great to hear you have regained control of your health. I will post a link to the article once it has gone to print. Here is a similar story which may be of interest to you: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-wheelchair-doctors-insisted-taking-them.html

Shannen at Diabetes.co.uk press office
 
flossymartin said:
Very interesting question .Although I was controlled on diet only but then put on statins and now need medication .Had heard recently of a possible connection .
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I had a similar problem - my hba1c was 48 on diagnosis, prescribed statins and my hba1c went up to 54. Since coming off them because of other side effects my hba1c has dropped to 36!
 
Daphne917 said:
I had a similar problem - my hba1c was 48 on diagnosis, prescribed statins and my hba1c went up to 54. Since coming off them because of other side effects my hba1c has dropped to 36!
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Hi Daphne,

Please let me know if you would be interested in speaking with a journalist. I am sure they would be very interested in hearing your story.

Shannen at Diabetes.co.uk Press Office
Email: [email protected]
 
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