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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2435701" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Statins can up blood sugars, and even cause diabetes to come on in some people. If your cholesterol is pretty much fine (get the ratio's, not the total), and you haven't had a cardiac event... No need to use them. I was put on them as a matter of course as well, it came in together with my very first box of metformin. For me... The side effects were quite horrid. I have pretty good control of my rheumatism, but it went absolutely NUTS on the stuff. I was in so much pain, sleep became just a myth. </p><p></p><p>You don't have to take anything you don't want to. And if you do feel safer trying them, check your blood sugars before and after you start them, and keep an eye on other side effects. After all, our brains are <em>made up of cholesterol </em>for a rather large part, so side effects can include mental degradation, aside from the aforementioned joint pain and the like. Bottom line: read the leaflet and know thyself: if something's off, stop them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2435701, member: 401801"] Statins can up blood sugars, and even cause diabetes to come on in some people. If your cholesterol is pretty much fine (get the ratio's, not the total), and you haven't had a cardiac event... No need to use them. I was put on them as a matter of course as well, it came in together with my very first box of metformin. For me... The side effects were quite horrid. I have pretty good control of my rheumatism, but it went absolutely NUTS on the stuff. I was in so much pain, sleep became just a myth. You don't have to take anything you don't want to. And if you do feel safer trying them, check your blood sugars before and after you start them, and keep an eye on other side effects. After all, our brains are [I]made up of cholesterol [/I]for a rather large part, so side effects can include mental degradation, aside from the aforementioned joint pain and the like. Bottom line: read the leaflet and know thyself: if something's off, stop them. [/QUOTE]
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