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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1415141" data-attributes="member: 41816">The whole 50% increase thing is a bit of a red herring, and the media should be a bit more responsible in the way they bandy these terms around.I believe the Express are quoting 5% for pensioners after statin use.So if that risk was originally around 3.2% (without statins) and is increased by 50% (with statins), to make 5% of them get diabetes from statin induced raised blood glucose.Don't get me wrong - I don't want ANYONE to get D as a side effect from a supposedly helpful medication.  And 5% is 5% too many!  But it does kind of put things into proportion... especially as the majority of pensioners are over 70 years old, and as I understand it, statins are not advised for people over 70 (though that guideline may have been changed).Also worth remembering that type 2 diabetes is increasingly prevalent the older we get, so there will be new diagnoses in the 70+ age group, whether they are on statins or not.</blockquote>

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