High-dose statins 'increase Type 2 diabetes risk' - Telegraph
Taking 80mg of two types of widely prescribed statin - simvastatin or atorvastatin - increases the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes by 12 per cent over five years, compared to taking moderate dose statins (20mg or 40mg), they found.
However, experts said patients should still take the cholesterol-lowering drugs as the benefits in terms of reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes outweighed the risks.
In England about 200,000 people, mainly those who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke, take 80mg daily doses of simvastatin or atorvastatin.
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