Statin Medication Raises Blood Glucose Levels?

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“I’ve been taking a statin as a preventative measure for about a year, I haven’t notice a rise in blood sugar levels.”

[Hive Health Media] Statins are a prescription medication that is aimed at reducing bad cholesterol levels in your blood vessels. As with all medication there are risks and there are benefits. The current recommendation from both the Food and Drug Administration and the FDA and Health Canada, is that the benefits outweigh the risk for people who need to take statins. There are a lot of people who take statins under doctors’ orders and many people who need to take them but don’t know it yet.

Health Canada is telling all citizens that the labels on statins have changed. All prescriptions that lower cholesterol now carry a notice warning of a raised risk of higher blood sugar content and a somewhat lesser increased risk of diabetes. Read the entire Hive Health Media article.