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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marvin" data-source="post: 550442" data-attributes="member: 25832">I'm Type 2 diabetic, and I've been on Simvastatin for years,  together with a whole list of other medication for diabetes and other serious health problems,  and I'm still alive and kicking!  For some of that time (though not at present) my list of other medications included two on your list of things NOT to be taken with Simvastatin.  Where did you get your list from?  I have regular medication reviews to check that I am on appropriate drugs and that possible contra-indications are taken into account,  and I always make a point  of asking the doctor to check possible interactions whenever any changes are made to my medication regime.Every patient is different,  and sometimes the need to treat a particular condition can override other considerations....only the doctor and pharmacist can make those judgments.  But in any case,  from what I have read Simvstatin IS suitable for use by diabetics,  and may be prescribed BECAUSE a patient has diabetes.There is also a section of the community who are fiercely opposed to the use of statins on various grounds,  some "medical"  and some "conspiracy theory" based.  They are entitled to their opinion, of course,  but I do not hold it as it is my view that I have lived this long partly thanks to the statins!</blockquote>

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