- I guess all those people being prescribed Avandia - and
probably the prescribers - have no clue that Avandia increase your LDL,
lowers HDL and therefor increase Total Cholesterol.
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- This is total crap! Statins are very toxic drugs. Natural
therapy can do the same thing, do it better , avoid bad side effects and
cost much less.
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- --Gayle
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- Statins For All Diabetics Urged
- BBC News
- 1-11-8
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- People with diabetes should receive cholesterol-busting
drugs regardless of whether they have signs of heart disease, UK researchers
say.
- Statins cut the risk of heart attack, stroke and death
in diabetic people even in those with low cholesterol levels, analysis
of 14 trials shows.
- It means hundreds of thousands more people could benefit
from treatment, the Lancet report said.
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- There are 2.5 million people diagnosed with diabetes
in the UK.
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- Many more do not realise they have the condition and
statins are "underused" in people with diabetes the researchers
said.
- Guidance from the National Institute of Clinical and
Health Excellence (NICE) in England and Wales issued in 2006 estimated
around 3.3 million people are eligible for treatment with statins.
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- This includes people with diabetes who have a 20% risk
of developing cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years.
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- Benefits
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- A team of researchers at Oxford University reviewed studies
of more than 90,000 people - 19,000 with diabetes - and found that many
more would benefit from statins than previously realised.
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- They found that standard daily treatment with statins
would prevent about one third of heart attacks and strokes in people with
diabetes. The benefits were seen regardless of age, sex and whether
patients were already showing signs of cardiovascular disease.
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- What we're saying is statins are clearly effective in
every type of person with diabetes
- --Professor Colin Baigent
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- After five years, 42 fewer people with diabetes had major
problems, such as heart attacks or stroke, for every 1,000 treated with
statins.
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- The only exceptions for treatment should be those with
exceptionally low risk, such as children or those who cannot take the drugs
for other reasons, such as pregnant women.
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- Study leader Professor Colin Baigent said there had been
some debate about whether statins would have the same benefits in people
with diabetes as those with heart disease in general.
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- "People with diabetes are a clearly defined group
of people at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. What we're
saying is statins are clearly effective in every type of person with diabetes."
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- Diabetes UK estimates 60% of all diabetics currently
receive statins. That would mean the vast majority of the remaining 40%
could also benefit from these drugs, according to the researchers.
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- However, Douglas Smallwood, chief executive of Diabetes
UK, recommended statins for people with diabetes over the age of 40 or
diabetics younger than 40 with another risk factor.
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- "Diabetes UK also strongly recommends that good
diabetes management should rely not only on medication, but also on a healthy
lifestyle and diet," he added.
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- © BBC MMVIII
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7180733.stm
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