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Default Diabetes and Statins

In article >, Todd >
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> Hi All,
>
> FDA is now warning about Diabetes and Statins:
>
> http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/Cons.../ucm293330.htm
>
> The Risk of Diabetes:
>
> Diabetes occurs because of defects in the bodyıs ability
> to produce or use insulin‹a hormone needed to convert food
> into energy. If the pancreas doesn't make enough insulin
> or if cells do not respond appropriately to insulin,
> blood sugar levels in the blood get too high, which can
> lead to serious health problems.
>
> A small increased risk of raised blood sugar levels and
> the development of Type 2 diabetes have been reported
> with the use of statins.
>
> ³Clearly we think that the heart benefit of statins
> outweighs this small increased risk,² says Egan. But
> what this means for patients taking statins and the
> health care professionals prescribing them is that
> blood-sugar levels may need to be assessed after
> instituting statin therapy,² she says.
>
> By the way, Egan is wrong about the "heart benefit of statins".
> Cholesterol does NOT show as a risk factor in autopsies:
>
> http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/23/6/847.full.pdf
> http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/6/397.full
>
> And statins can cripple and/or kill you:
> Rhabdomyolysis statins, statin-induced rhabdomyolysis:
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16651050
> http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/Cons...cm293330.htm#4
>
> -T


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