Common heart drug's link to diabetes uncovered by researchers
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:40
in Health & Medicine
Statins activated a very specific immune response, which stopped insulin from doing its job properly, researchers have found. They connected the dots and found that combining statins with another drug on top of it, Glyburide, suppressed this side effect. Approximately 13 million people, or half of those over the age of 40, could be prescribed a statin drug in their lifetime.