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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snapsy" data-source="post: 1104820" data-attributes="member: 265172">I seem to recall [USER=174581]@dbr10[/USER] that around that time the guidelines had just been changed, and (I may be remembering it wrong) that the new recommendations for type 2 diabetes patients was for total cholesterol to be below 4, whereas for the general population it was 5.I think perhaps my GP had just read about the new guidelines and went in rather gung ho in what was possibly a box-ticking exercise. When I reminded him I'm type 1 he looked confused but then continued the hard sell.I have to say though that I don't have any side effects, and when I said to my consultant that actually I didn't think I needed them, he felt there was no harm in continuing to take them, which made me feel that if I did come off them, not having them would be worse for me than having them! So I'm taking them.I admit that I'm naive when dealing with the medical profession, and when it's not something I know I know about (my diabetes) I tend to just do what I'm told. Which is unlikely to always be a good thing!NB Have just Googled 'diabetes and statins'! Wish I hadn't!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head    :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></blockquote>

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