Statins and high fasting BS

[SQ71]

Anybody have any experience with starting statins, then deciding to quit taking them? I was started on them in June. These were my numbers prior to starting them. Not excessively high.

 

[Daphne917]

There are a few members of the forum that have had issues with statins such as @Resurgam and myself. @bulkbiker started a thread about them a while ago but I’m useless at IT so not sure how to include the link. I was put onto Pravastatin and my hba1c rose from 48 to 54 and I also suffered sleep problems and dizzy spells so stopped taking them - I discussed it with my GP and he was content - I didn’t want to try another one.

 

[bulkbiker]

Hi @SQ71

Here's a link to a thread on statins etc

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/

How long had you fasted before the blood was taken for the test? I see it says non fasting but that doesn't always hold true.
The statement about cholesterol being under 4 for diabetes was so far as I am aware dropped a while ago.. surprised to see it written down still.

Your trigs look a bit high and your HDL a bit low but that will depend a bit on what you had eaten/drunk before the blood was taken.

Are you following any specific eating pattern?

 

[SQ71]

Hi @SQ71

Here's a link to a thread on statins etc

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/

How long had you fasted before the blood was taken for the test? I see it says non fasting but that doesn't always hold true.
The statement about cholesterol being under 4 for diabetes was so far as I am aware dropped a while ago.. surprised to see it written down still.

Your trigs look a bit high and your HDL a bit low but that will depend a bit on what you had eaten/drunk before the blood was taken.

Are you following any specific eating pattern?

Thanks. Will take a look at that thread.

The test was non-fasting. I'd had breakfast before the test. I'm in NZ so medical stuff tends to be a bit behind the rest of the world.

I have been eating low carb/high fat (since the lipid test was done) as my hba1c was 51 at that time and I was diagnosed pre-diabetic. My hba1c is now 40, 3 months later, but fasting BS is not budging. Fasting BS is consistently higher than 7.4 and as high as 9.2

 

[bulkbiker]

Thanks. Will take a look at that thread.

The test was non-fasting. I'd had breakfast before the test. I'm in NZ so medical stuff tends to be a bit behind the rest of the world.

I have been eating low carb/high fat (since the lipid test was done) as my hba1c was 51 at that time and I was diagnosed pre-diabetic. My hba1c is now 40, 3 months later, but fasting BS is not budging. Fasting BS is consistently higher than 7.4 and as high as 9.2

My fasting took over 6 months of intermittent fasting and ultra low carb to "normalise" and I still get the odd blip over 5.5 mmol/l so carry on monitoring but don't stress over it.
If you had eaten breakfast then the trigs number will be skewed anyway so the test was to be honest a bit pointless.
I'll never take statins anyway but like to freak out the docs when they see my numbers (in signature).

 

[SQ71]

My fasting took over 6 months of intermittent fasting and ultra low carb to "normalise" and I still get the odd blip over 5.5 mmol/l so carry on monitoring but don't stress over it.
If you had eaten breakfast then the trigs number will be skewed anyway so the test was to be honest a bit pointless.
I'll never take statins anyway but like to freak out the docs when they see my numbers (in signature).

Ok. Thats interesting that it took 6 months. I guess my concern is that it is the statin medication that is keeping it high.

I will ask for the repeat cholesterol test to be fasting as I also want a fasting glucose and a GTT done. From what I've read in journals online, hba1c misses up to 73% of diabetes cases.

I started intermittent fasting yesterday to see if that helps. I've also switched taking the statin at night to taking it with my first meal of the day. I had noticed that my BG was rising within a couple of hours of going to bed and thought maybe it was the statin.

Example last night. BS was 6.6 before bed. I woke (to go bathroom) about 2 hours later, and did a test. It had jumped to 8.9. I hadn't eaten in over 6 hours. This is a common occurrence and it doesn't make sense. This mornings fasting is the lowest I've been 7.2.

 

[bulkbiker]

Ok. Thats interesting that it took 6 months. I guess my concern is that it is the statin medication that is keeping it high.

I will ask for the repeat cholesterol test to be fasting as I also want a fasting glucose and a GTT done. From what I've read in journals online, hba1c misses up to 73% of diabetes cases.

I started intermittent fasting yesterday to see if that helps. I've also switched taking the statin at night to taking it with my first meal of the day. I had noticed that my BG was rising within a couple of hours of going to bed and thought maybe it was the statin.

Example last night. BS was 6.6 before bed. I woke (to go bathroom) about 2 hours later, and did a test. It had jumped to 8.9. I hadn't eaten in over 6 hours. This is a common occurrence and it doesn't make sense. This mornings fasting is the lowest I've been 7.2.

Personally I'd never take statins.. they can raise blood glucose levels anyway. And from my reading their benefits are minimal to non existent.