Statins cause or worsen diabetes.
January 1
This might be TRUE...to a certain extent. But it doesn't mean patients should stop taking statins or prescribers should stop writing for them.
We’ve talked about statins and diabetes before...but a new study is putting the topic in the news again.
Recall that patients taking Crestor (rosuvastatin) 20 mg in the JUPITER trial had a slight increase in the risk of developing diabetes compared to those taking placebo.
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