WebMD.Boots.com For instance, patients treated with atorvastatin were found to have a 22% increased risk of new-onset diabetes, rosuvastatin an 18% increased risk and simvastatin a 10% increased risk, relative to pravastatin, which was used for comparison purposes.
Huffington Post Canada In fact, atorvastatin is by far — by far — the most popular statin." The possible link between taking some statins and diabetes has been seen in the past. In fact, Health Canada warned in January that statin users may have a small increased risk of ...
MedPage Today We've also read that the Midwestern retail chain Meijer announced that it would provide free generic versions of Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor ( atorvastatin ) to patients with valid prescriptions in all of its 199 pharmacies. But for a ...
Nature World News However, patients on other drugs such as fluvastatin were at a 5 percent decreased risk and those on lovastatin were at a 1 percent decreased risk of developing the condition. "Compared with pravastatin, treatment with higher potency statins ...
St. Albert Gazette Statin medications, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor), rosuvastatin (Crestor), simvastatin (Zocor), pravastatin (Pravachol) and fluvastatin (Lescol) are used among the general population to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke ... and more »
Daily Mail The study involved 1.5 million people in Ontario, Canada, and the statins involved were fluvastatin, lovastatin , pravastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin and rosuvastatin. Researchers identified 471,250 patients with no history of diabetes and who were ...
Science Daily (press release) All patients were aged 66 and over and started statin therapy between 1997 and 2010. The median age was 73 years. Follow up ended either ...
AlberniPortal.ca Researchers now report on the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study which covers nearly 3,000 patients with diabetes and additional heart disease risk factors in the UK and Ireland. Taking the statin atorvastatin reduces the risk of stroke by half ...
EurekAlert (press release) Treatment with high potency statins (especially atorvastatin and simvastatin) may increase the risk of developing diabetes, suggests a paper...
Telegraph.co.uk These episodes of abnormal heart rhythm can be associated with taking Amlodipine though rarely (reported in less than 2% of those experiencing side effects with the drug) - though it is obviously difficult to be certain it is the cause of your ...
