Statins and thiazides acutely increase blood sugar, risk of diabetes

Statins and thiazides acutely increase blood sugar, risk of diabetes
Statins and thiazides acutely increase blood sugar, risk of diabetes

DEAR DR. ROACH: My question regards the results of my fasting glucose tests for the past couple of years.

I am 81 and weigh around 150 pounds. The medications I am taking concern me, with relevance to the A1C levels of my quarterly blood work. My A1C levels have mostly been near mid-5 percent; the last showed 6 percent. Medications relevant to this that I am suspicious of are 100-12.5 mg of losarta…