Let us Ignore this smart study on statins…one more time !

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This is not a breaking news story. It’s the same old secret that was exposed in JUPITER  trial with Rosuvostatin 14 years ago. Yes, I am talking about the relationship between the usage of statin and the occurrence of diabetes. Now, we have this huge study on possible diabetes progression with statins. It’s not from a small journal to ignore.

83 thousand patients data, the world’s largest series on link between statin therapy and diabetes.

 

Let us Ignore this smart study on statins…one more time ! 1

This study has this to conclude

Let us Ignore this smart study on statins…one more time ! 2

Diabetogenic statins

Something* happens as the statins antagonize the HMG COA  enzyme that resides within the delicate membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum inside the most specialized cells in our human body, called hepatocytes.

*What is that something?

Let us Ignore this smart study on statins…one more time ! 3

Image source Umme Aiman et al Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics 5(3):181-5DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.136097

How to go about this issue?

With-holding statin in as many as possible is the best thing for such diabetic  (non-diabetic?) patients. But, the more pragmatic option is to ignore these negative studies, and instead intensify diabetes management if it worsens. After all, we can’t afford to lose the prodigious evidence-based cardio-vascular protective effects of statins and earn the wrath of our patients and peers you know!

Further Interest

1.Mansi IA, Chansard M, Lingvay I, Zhang S, Halm EA, Alvarez CA. Association of Statin Therapy Initiation With Diabetes ProgressionA Retrospective Matched-Cohort StudyJAMA Intern Med. Published online October 04, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5714

2.Aiman U, Najmi A, Khan RA. Statin induced diabetes and its clinical implications. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2014 Jul;5(3):181-5. doi: 10.4103/0976-500X.136097. PMID: 25210397; PMCID: PMC4156828.

 

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