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If i stop simvastatin for a few weeks to see if it could be affecting my blood sugar level, should there be any problem? my cholesterol is only 175.
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Minor glucose effect: Simvastatin can have a minor effect on increasing blood sugar, but it is easy to correct with your diabetes medication. Allowing your cholesterol to increase in the mean time is a mistake. The longer you allow it to be elevated, the more damage it can do.
Answered 6/24/2014
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There shouldn't : Be any problem with this.
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