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It's possible your blood sugar (blood glucose) level may increase when you take a statin, which may lead to developing type 2 diabetes. The risk is small but important enough that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning on statin labels regarding blood glucose levels and diabetes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on February 28th that the prescribing information for cholesterol reducing drugs in the statin class will include warnings about the risk of increased blood sugar levels, HbA1c, and diagnoses of diabetes. Drugs in the statin class include: 1  Lipitor (atorvastatin) 2  Lescol (fluvastatin) 3  Mevacor (lovastatin)  Altoprev (lovastatin extended- 1 release) Livalo (pitavastatin)  Pravachol 1  (pravastatin) Crestor (rosuvastatin)  Zocor (simvastatin)