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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Canadian researchers, whose study was published May 23 by the British Medical Journal, reaffirmed the increased risk of being diagnosed with type-2 diabetes while taking Lipitor, which was originally approved in 1996 to lower ?bad? cholesterol.
?Overall, we observed a 10-22 percent increased risk of diabetes for some statins,? wrote Toronto General Hospital pharmacist Dr. Aleesa A. Carter and the rest of the team. ?After adjustment for known confounders, and compared with patients treated with spravastatin, those treated with atorvastatin faced a 22 percent increase in the risk of new onset diabetes.?
http://houston.legalexaminer.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/lipitor-diabetes-link-reaffirmed.aspx
?Overall, we observed a 10-22 percent increased risk of diabetes for some statins,? wrote Toronto General Hospital pharmacist Dr. Aleesa A. Carter and the rest of the team. ?After adjustment for known confounders, and compared with patients treated with spravastatin, those treated with atorvastatin faced a 22 percent increase in the risk of new onset diabetes.?
http://houston.legalexaminer.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/lipitor-diabetes-link-reaffirmed.aspx