Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 If you'll go to this web site http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/pp_guides/PDF/lipitor65.pdf and check out the list of statins side effects at the bottom of page 1, you'll find one of them is blood sugar changes. I've also seen other such reports as well, but my post-Lipitor memory fails me at the moment. Please bear in mind that risk factors for Type II diabetes include lack of exercise, and of course the statins' side effects include muscle damage which causes exercise intolerance. Also, CoQ10 depletion has been linked to elevation of blood sugar. So even if statins don't cause diabetes directly, it sure seems clear that their side effects can lead to it!cbtanner@... wrote: Before Lipitor I never worried about Diabetes. Suddenly I am either adieabetic or on the borderline.I will find out tomorrow.So, do Statins cause diabetes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 dr. Beatrice Golomb has stated that statins are associted with an increase in blood sugar levels--up to 100 points above patient's former glucose levels. i cannot remember the article in which i read this, but remember the statement... > > Before Lipitor I never worried about Diabetes. Suddenly I am either a > dieabetic or on the borderline.I will find out tomorrow. > So, do Statins cause diabetes? > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 For whatever this is worth, my blood sugar has become much better without insulin since I got off the Mevacor last year. I still take Metformin, but rarely need insulin. Linden " olsen4666 " wrote: > >dr. Beatrice Golomb has stated that statins are associted with an >increase in blood sugar levels--up to 100 points above patient's >former glucose levels. i cannot remember the article in which i read >this, but remember the statement... >> >> Before Lipitor I never worried about Diabetes. Suddenly I am either >a >> dieabetic or on the borderline.I will find out tomorrow. >> So, do Statins cause diabetes? >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 People; please let me know......what are the statistics of diabetes type stuff occurring from a high dose of Niacin or Niaspan?? I swear my hubby is experiencing weird sugar fluxuations.....but he is not on a statin any more. I think it raises the blood sugar , but I'm not positive . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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