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After drinking a sugary solution, people with early kidney disease who took pravastatin had no meaningful difference in their blood sugar two hours later compared to those who took a sugar pill.

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#247 The effect of pravastatin on insulin resistance in patients with CKD stage 1-3. A randomized, placebo-controlled cross over trial

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The study gave people with early kidney disease pravastatin for 12 weeks and checked their blood sugar after drinking a sugary drink — just like the claim said. It found no real change in blood sugar, so the claim is right.

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#247 The effect of pravastatin on insulin resistance in patients with CKD stage 1-3. A randomized, placebo-controlled cross over trial

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DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaf116.1325

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