Point Out Statins' CV Benefits STILL Outweigh Diabetes Risk

September 2014

You'll hear more about higher doses of statins increasing diabetes risk...partly due to reports of lawsuits in the lay press.

Help put this into perspective.

The risk of diabetes is very small...and occurs mostly in patients at risk due to obesity, prediabetes, etc. In this case, a small increase in blood glucose can push them into the diabetes range.

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Point Out Statins' CV Benefits STILL Outweigh Diabetes Risk

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