Statins & Diabetes

[Burlingham]

Hi new on here I have blood test every three months for various conditions and have never been told I'm at risk of Diabetes then I was put on statins and then my next blood test said at risk of Diabetes, but didn't know this until I went back to the doctor's because of pains in keg and arms and that I couldn't lift my arms over shoulder height so the doctor told me to take a break from Statin. Not sure I want to be on it any more.

[Mascha1900]

I would stop the statins asap if I were you, diabetes is one of the many complications that can be caused by statins. Others are: muscle issues of all kinds, ranging from ordinary muscle pain and stiffness, which should go away once you stop the statin, to necrotising myopathy, an autoimmune disorder which means that the muscles attack and destroy themselves and which is permanent and incurable. Statins also increase the risk of breast cancer in women, and in the long term, the risk of dementia, heart failure and liver failure. In short, a lot of risks and no benefit especially for women - no difference in mortality has ever been proven for women. For men, the only group where there appears to be a benefit is men between 45 and 65 who have already had a heart attack.

[jeanetteubo]

Hi - had exactly the same problems with my pains in my shoulders and arms and was unable to lift my arms above shoulders. I was under a lips consultant and when I mentioned these problems he was adamant it was not the statins as they more likely affect the legs. Had many changes in types of states but always similar side effects. As they went away when I stopped I drew my own conclusions.

It is actually stated in enclosed leaflets with all the statins I had about the link with taking them and diabetes. I was also assured on this point that I would not get diabetes because of my build- which I know to be untrue and many slimmer built people have diabetes. I have stopped taking them and will never go back.

I have wondered if there is a link to the number of people on statins now and increase we hear about in diabetes nationwide.

[Burlingham in reply to jeanetteubo]

Must confess I had the same thought.

[jeanetteubo]

Sorry- lipids consultant - predictive text 😩

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The doctors will kill you according my old dad he is going 97 does not take any medication at all, smoked for about forty years and when he gave it had lots of problems these are now resolved, he reckoned the nictotine kept him glued together, but hey ho, he is healthy, fit as a butchers dog and still goes beach fishing twice a week, does his own line casting into the surf. i am digressing. i refuse to take statins whenever it is mentioned, I am 73, a womman so what good will they do me? My overall cholesteral count is no now 6.4 and there is no way am i becoming a tick box exercise, with all the problem associated with statins. I am healthier now than when I was in my 30's. regular Army medicals and all that stuff, I am now staying away from doctors also. Probiotic yoghurt everyday, two sweet apples a day and all home baked /cooked from scratch food, this includes bread.

[sos007 Ambassador]

You can lower your cholesterol levels by taking Vitamin C.

Medical study:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

You will see immediate benefit with 3,000 mg per day. Assuming you have normal blood iron levels and normal kidney function, Vitamin C will be very beneficial.

Vitamin C is not toxic even in very large doses the worst that can happy is a soft stool.

Vitamin C is a natural substance that is required for the body - it is not a drug and is therefore very safe. I ingest 5,000 mg per day along with an equal dosage of an amino acid supplement called Lysine. Lysine also occurs naturally in foods we eat such as animal proteins. Together with Vitamin C it helps the body produce collagen and repair the endothelium (inner lining of your arteries) from damaged caused over time due to high blood pressure, and an inflammatory diet (a diet high in sugar or simple carbohydrates).

Read another post I put up recently and watch the embedded video here:

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Good luck.

[Burlingham in reply to sos007]

I hope this works!

[sos007 Ambassador in reply to Burlingham]

Read another post about my own blood-work here:

healthunlocked.com/choleste...

[sandybrown]

Please ask for a print out of all the blood test you had since the starting point. You will be able to look for total cholesterol and blood glucose. You had date of testing. you can draw toe graphs one for total cholesterol and one for blood glucose, date is on the x-axis and cholesterol on the y-axis for one graph and blood glucose on the y-axis with date second graph. It is possible you may have has HbA1c testing as well, this is an average number over 90 days.

You will be able to see the variation very clearly, armed with this information you can write down many questions to discuss it with your doctor. Side effect o statin can give other medical problems. If you have stopped statin then the blood glucose or HbA1c can come down.

One way of controlling type-2 is to cut down on food intake, there is a real life story of two people in the copy od today's mail, take a look.

[Burlingham in reply to sandybrown]

Thanks have already cut food intake down because 1. Stopped work due to health so decided to not have lunch time meal and because struggling with weight because of fluctuations in thyriod and not as active due to knee and hip probs due to OA.