High dose statins and diabetes risk

Medication use is all about BALANCING risks and benefits and never a binary “good” or “bad”…so here is the low down: BENEFIT: Remarkable heart attack prevention benefit: 30-50 people need treated to prevent one heart attack—so HIGHLY BENEFICIAL POTENTIAL diabetes risk: about 300 people need treated before 1 new episode of diabetes happens Add to that , that the potential risk above is in people already pre-disposed and are therefore at higher risk of heart attacks We strongly urge people to stay on statins (if indicated) to reduce heart attack risk and not to be overly concerned about the SMALL increased risk of pre-diabetes.