Link between taking statins and diabeties

[jd58]

 

[Bluetit1802]

I think this is common knowledge, and nothing new. Even the leaflet in the packets warns about possibility of raised glucose levels. I imagine the danger is worse for the elderly because the older we get the higher our glucose levels become naturally.

 

[Jamesuk9]

Yes, it's nothing new, well known possibility. Beta blockers carry similar risk.

 

[AM1874]

A few random snippets from the article (Daily Mail version) ..

# The team found over-75s face a 33% higher chance of getting diabetes if they are taking statins. But the risk rose to more than 50% per cent for those on higher doses.
# Almost 50% per cent of women in their late seventies and eighties in the study took statins, and 5% per cent were diagnosed with new onset diabetes.
# The study follows research last year which showed people with naturally higher levels of cholesterol, paradoxically, are less likely to suffer diabetes

So, go figure - but..

# Government drug regulator MHRA says the benefits outweigh the risk of side effects in the 'majority of patients'

Well, that's alright then ...

 

[alioli58]

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Read Health Impact News re STATINS causing Alzheimer's disease too as brain is made up of 25% cholesterol and how many other diseases are also caused by STATINS by affecting the brains cholesterol levels?
I stopped my 40mg daily dose of Atorvastatin about a week ago & my brain fog has cleared & I now sleep through much better.
I will not be taking any again.

 

[Robbity]

My glucose levels came down and have mainly stayed at this lower level since I stopped taking my long term statins. I do wonder now whether they were in part cause of me ending up with diabetes.

Robbity