Lipitor Users Seek Answers for Rising Blood Sugar Levels
By Jessica Tyner
Most people know they shouldn’t depend on an online forum like Yahoo! Answers for medical advice. However, when someone is worried about their health, going online is often their first choice — but it can be a dangerous one.
Recent studies show a connection between Lipitor, a popular cholesterol medication, and type-2 diabetes, especially in older women. Published research has showcased this connection, but the basis for recent Lipitor lawsuits is that the makers of the drugs aren’t properly warning patients, doctors and the medical community about the risk of this Lipitor side effect.
One anonymous user took to Yahoo! Answers when she realized her blood sugar levels were creeping up on Lipitor. “I’ve been taking Lipitor for six months and before I started, my fasting blood sugar was under 100… I don’t want to get type-2 diabetes,” she says. Her worry is understandable, and she appears to be educating herself about what her blood sugar levels mean and getting them regularly checked. Sadly, the responses she received were not very informative.
The answer that was voted “best” by other users — and what appears first below her question — is just one sentence: “Lipitor is for cholesterol not glucose.”
That’s probably obvious to anyone who has been prescribed Lipitor. Clearly, the connection between type-2 diabetes and Lipitor is unknown even by the person behind that “best” answer. Another user commiserates with the original poster (OP). “I have some bad news for you,” she begins, before going on to explain host diabetes works, but without ever mentioning the link between diabetes and Lipitor. However, her ending comments are, “Stop or don’t stop your medication, but consult your doctor first.” That’s good advice, but it’s coupled with, “Lipitor is not why you’re diabetic… your high cholesterol is probably due to your diabetes.”
Again, the OP hasn’t found any information on how Lipitor may have caused her pre-diabetic status.
The poor information continues to flood the replies. “Lipitor has nothing to do with glucose levels at all,” says another. “Your doctor has prescribed Lipitor to protect you!” says another.
If the OP came to this forum looking for help or insight into why her blood sugar is raising after starting Lipitor, she’s not finding it here — and she may have given up. She never replied to the influx of comments insisting that her impending diabetes has nothing to do with Lipitor. Maybe she saw her doctor about this, or maybe she didn’t. Maybe she found out about the mounting Lipitor diabetes lawsuits being filed now against the drug manufacturer. There’s no telling what the OP did next, if anything.
Unlike others with type-2 diabetes or who are pre-diabetic, people don’t stop having diabetes just because they stop Lipitor. It’s a chronic disease that sticks with them even if they switch to another cholesterol medication. Diabetes remains the biggest cause of amputations and blindness in the U.S. today.
Drugs notoriously have comprehensive warning labels and inserts, but according to a number of Lipitor lawsuit plaintiffs, the wording doesn’t adequately inform people about the full risks of Lipitor side effects, such as diabetes. Many say they were never told about this hazard, and they wouldn’t have risked it had they known.
For people like the OP who go online searching for answers, there’s a lot of wrong information out there. They depended on their doctor to make the best medication choice for them, but what it their doctor doesn’t know about the risks? Published research is difficult to sift through, and many people don’t discover that their diabetes may have been caused by Lipitor until it’s too late.
Were You Diagnosed with Diabetes After Lipitor?
If you were given Lipitor and then diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, especially if you’re a woman over 55, you may have a Lipitor legal claim. Learn more about what you can do at the Lipitor Diabetes Class Action Lawsuit Investigation. Submit your story, and a Lipitor lawyer will contact you if you have a case for a complimentary case evaluation.
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5 thoughts onLipitor Users Seek Answers for Rising Blood Sugar Levels
Forgot to tell you that I also had a heart attack last October.
Lipitor was prescribed to me for cholesterol, by my doctor.
hello..when the dotor star with 10mg no good then 20mg no good then 40mg no damm goo then 80 mg then started to work then after 1.8 years latr my ins stop paying fr name brand and it when sky hight and had to do 10 blood test and did not want to inform me about this becasz im disabilty…hard of hearing.. and these son f b..make over 2800.00 per 30 days now they going to pay ot back how dum they are and the gen pill foma all around my mouth andit was sky hight and had to tke crestor .40 3 of them to bring it down first time .. what a was of time liptor are…
I had to attorney forms that said since I was diagnose with type 2 diabets more than a year after I stop the drugs that I dont have a case. Actually I was put on on other statins like zocor etc… My questions is: I believe that I had diabetes
and was not diagnose with it since. Why I should not have my compesantion denide.
I firmily believe that Liptor and other statins were the cause of my type 2 diabetes. My family has no history of diabebtes also.
The firm of Rothstein said that I was not eligible for it since I was not diagnose one year after I took the drug. My guts feeling is that I was not tested for it. So therefore if you could answer my question, I would appreciated.
Is not fair that I might have lived with diabetes and did not know. Why should I do not get compensate for it?
iI take LIPITOR…every time I have blood work done the Dr mentions how high my sugar count is and am I border line diabetic? I use no sugar and do everything sugar free…. am I eligible to file?
Thank you!