{"id":903,"date":"2013-05-26T07:08:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T06:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=903"},"modified":"2013-05-26T07:08:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T06:08:39","slug":"some-statins-raise-diabetes-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/some-statins-raise-diabetes-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Some statins &#8216;raise diabetes risk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/statin-very-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-907\" alt=\"statin very small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/statin-very-small.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>Statins are part of many people&#8217;s daily routine. \u00a0Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.Their study of 1.5 million people,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.f2610\">in the British Medical Journal<\/a>, suggested powerful statins could increase the risk by 22% compared with weaker drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Atorvastatin was linked to one extra case of diabetes for every 160 patients treated.\u00a0Experts said the benefits of statins still outweighed any risks.\u00a0Statins are a group of commonly prescribed drugs that lower the levels of bad cholesterol in the blood. This reduces the chances of a heart attack or stroke.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All drugs come with side-effects, but a team of researchers from hospitals in Toronto said there had been controversy around the risk of diabetes with different statins. \u00a0They looked at medical records of 1.5 million people over the age of 66 and compared the incidence of diabetes between people taking different statins. \u00a0Their report said: &#8220;We found that patients treated with atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, or simvastatin were at increased risk of new onset diabetes compared with those treated with pravastatin. \u00a0&#8220;Clinicians should considers this risk when they are contemplating statin treatment for individual patients.\u00a0&#8220;Preferential use of pravastatin&#8230; might be warranted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-22636666\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statins are part of many people&#8217;s daily routine. \u00a0Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.Their study of 1.5 million people,\u00a0in the British Medical Journal, suggested powerful statins could increase the risk by 22% compared with weaker drugs. 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