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Did they say why you were prescribed them at diagnosis? Provide results to back the decision?
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Did they say why you were prescribed them at diagnosis? Provide results to back the decision?
When I was originally prescribed statins at a hospital diabetic clinic, I was told that they were likely to raise my BS but that as I was already on insulin as a type 1 that didn't matter. I might have to take more insulin, that was all. That was in 2000 or 2001. The fact that statins raise blood sugar levels is well-known, though not always to GPs. I don't believe changing from one statin to another is likely to make any difference.
( I took statins for about 2 and a half to three years until I was made redundant, as they had destroyed my short-term memory. I was a senior computer programmer. It took several years for my thinking processes and memory to recover, but my husband said he could tell that the real 'me' was back within a fortnight. It evidently affected my personality too. He said we could have ended up in the divorce court.)
( I took statins for about 2 and a half to three years until I was made redundant, as they had destroyed my short-term memory. I was a senior computer programmer. It took several years for my thinking processes and memory to recover, but my husband said he could tell that the real 'me' was back within a fortnight. It evidently affected my personality too. He said we could have ended up in the divorce court.)
I was diagnosed type 2 in May this year and automatically put on Metformin and Statins The Metformin took it for 2 weeks they nearly killed me with side effects ( Diarrhoea ) as it aggravated my diverticulitis which caused me a hell of a lot of pain,
I researched the statins and could find no good reason to take them as they could do more harm the good.
Went back to gp and told him I was not taking either medication and I would control the T2 and Cholesterol with diet to which he said was Fine ( would have been nice to be given the choice in the first place ). Followed a low carb/keto diet and am now 1 and a half stone lighter my sugar levels are normal to pre and cholesterol is all good. GP's are not Gods and they are all singing from the same hymn sheet ( Guidelines ) and are not willing to think outside the box...Most anyway.
I researched the statins and could find no good reason to take them as they could do more harm the good.
Went back to gp and told him I was not taking either medication and I would control the T2 and Cholesterol with diet to which he said was Fine ( would have been nice to be given the choice in the first place ). Followed a low carb/keto diet and am now 1 and a half stone lighter my sugar levels are normal to pre and cholesterol is all good. GP's are not Gods and they are all singing from the same hymn sheet ( Guidelines ) and are not willing to think outside the box...Most anyway.
