Some statins 'raise diabetes risk' -- BBC News

Powerful statins increase risk of developing type-2 diabetes... but not to worry, experts say, just keep taking them because the benefits outweigh the risks:

Some 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, in the British Medical Journal, suggested powerful statins could increase the risk by 22% compared with weaker drugs.

Atorvastatin was linked to one extra case of diabetes for every 160 patients treated.

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Commenting on the study, Prof Risto Huupponen and Prof Jorma Viikari, from the University of Turku, in Finland, said: "The overall benefit of statins still clearly outweighs the potential risk of diabetes."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22636666

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