most diabetes patients should get a statin

July 2003

New evidence suggests that most diabetes patients should get a statin...even if their cholesterol levels are normal.

Many diabetes patients don't have high LDL levels...and therefore usually DON'T get a statin.

But diabetes patients who take a statin (Zocor, Lipitor, etc) have about a 25% lower risk of MI and stroke...regardless of their cholesterol level.

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