Catch -22, huh. Type2 diabetes is a side effect in
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I do control all three, and I do blood draws every six months to monitor my blood sugar levels, so the higher risk I run from familial hypercholesterolemia is being managed satisfactorily by
my statin use.
And not a hint of diabetes after 5 years of statin us.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE OF STATINS IN DIABETES
Authors have put forth the recommendations from time to time regarding the use of statins in patients with cardiovascular diseases.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360430/
For patients with cardiovascular risk factors, statins prevent cardiovascular event 8 times more likely than they can cause a case of incident diabetes[44] shifting the risk-benefit ratio in favour of statin therapy[44].
Modest increase in blood glucose levels by statins will not be an issue of concern if they decrease morbidity and mortality due to macrovascular and microvascular complications[45].