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Letter from the Editor
Over the years we have published many articles on the pros and cons of statin therapy for diabetes patients. Doing a quick look on our website, I found we have over 400 articles on the topic and the pros and cons are split 60/40 in favor of using statins. I also saw that all of these studies were done with type 2 patients.
This week our intern Mia Flowers, PharmD. Candidate from FAMU College of Pharmacy, brings us the results of a very large study on the effects of statins on type 1 patients. The results are likely not what you thought.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
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Patients with type 1 diabetes should not be excluded when considering statin therapy.
Data focuses on veterans who have poorly controlled diabetes, and whether the intervention of self-care management skills works as compared to using traditional means of education.
With the steady incline of diabetes rates, premature birth is being investigated as a possible culprit for the chronic disease.