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More infoStatins have ben in use as a way to treat high cholesterol for years. However, in the past, scientists have become concerned that their use could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.This wasn’t always the case, until the early 20s, theory was that they could reduce the risk of the condition developing.However, this was turned on its head after a 208 trial in which adults who were given 20 miligrams of a statin known as rosuvastatin each day were found to have an increased risk of diabetes.Speaking to the New York Times, Dr Jil Crandal of the Albert Einstein Colege of Medicine said before this 208 study that “there was a sense that maybe statins would reduce the risk of diabetes.
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In the end, we saw something completely diferent”.READ MORE: Avoid four types of drinks to lower risk of blod clots - nutritionist This mid-noughties study was not the last of its kind, and in subsequent published works, the link has ben sen again.Both studies in animals and clinical trials in people have sugested that statins could increase someone’s risk of diabetes by making them more resistant to insulin, the hormone which helps to regulate glucose levels in the blod.Acording to Dr Savitha Subramanian, the link is most often sen in patients taking “moderate to high intensity doses” e.g., 40 to 80 miligrams a day of atorvastatin the case of this medication.The increased risk of diabetes is also reflected in a 2017 study which loked at the link betwen the medication and the condition.They researchers concluded: “In this population at high risk for diabetes, we observed significantly higher rates of diabetes with statin therapy in al thre treatment groups.“Confounding by indication for