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If you have type 2 diabetes, taking more statins over time seems to lower your chances of heart problems a lot — especially if you're in the group with the highest exposure, who saw their risk drop by nearly three-quarters.

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Optimizing statin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: Exploring dose, class, and intensity

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2023 Nov-Dec

The study found that taking more statins over time lowers heart disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes, which supports the idea that higher doses offer more protection.

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Optimizing statin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: Exploring dose, class, and intensity

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DOI: 10.1177/14791641231214507

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For adults with type 2 diabetes, taking stronger daily doses of statins might lower their chances of heart problems, with the highest doses seeming to offer the most protection.

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For adults with type 2 diabetes, taking statins is linked to a much lower chance of getting heart disease — about 61% less — based on a big study that followed hundreds of thousands of people for nearly a decade.

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For adults with type 2 diabetes, taking stronger statin medications may lower their chances of serious heart problems by about 28% compared to weaker statins.

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Taking statins might slightly increase your chances of getting type 2 diabetes, especially if you're older, overweight, or already have metabolic issues — but they do a much better job of protecting your heart, so the benefits are way bigger than the risks.

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If you have type 2 diabetes, staying on cholesterol-lowering statin pills for at least 3 years may cut your risk of serious heart problems by more than a third compared to taking them for just a few months.

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