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Feb 2016
Statins increase diabetes risk by 50%
The Journal of General Internal Medicine undertook research which tracked patients taking the heart drug for nearly ten years. The results of the study were published in May 2015 and found that the patients who had taken statins had a much higher risk of developing diabetes.
The study was led by Professor Ishak Mansi, a heart specialist at the University of Texas, who said that the link between the use of statin drugs and complications with diabetes ‘was never shown before’.
Statin patients had double the risk of developing diabetes and were 250 per cent more likely than their counterparts who were not taking statins to develop complications with diabetes.
In a statement, Dr Mansi said “The risk of diabetes with statins has been known, but until now it was thought that this might be due to the fact that people who were prescribed statins had greater medical risks to begin with.”
He went on to say “I am sceptical about the prescribing guidelines for people at lower risk (of heart disease). I am concerned about the long term effects on the huge population of healthy people on these drugs who continue for many years.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Paralegal, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (karenmotley@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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