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Originally Posted by ShottleBop  According to the "Diabetes Update" blog for November 10, 2008, data from a recent study showed that "[b]oth A1c and the incidence of diagnosed diabetes rose in the group taking Crestor." |
I think the study Diabetes Update is talking about is the JUPITER study that AstraZenica sponsored to study the effect of Crestor on a certain group of people with decent cholesterol but high inflamation. Crestor cut heart attack risk by 0.9% but diabetes risk rose by 0.6%. Apparently raised blood sugar is a known side effect for statin drugs. They cut the trial way short. You don't hear much about the blood sugar issue.
