…according to this article at Diabetes Care. The study population was the Nurses Health Study. The longer the sulfonylurea was used, the stronger the association with Coronary Heart Disease. CHD is by far the most common cause of heart attacks. On the bright side, the drugs were not linked to stroke risk. Remember, correlation is not causation, blah, blah, blah…
This report is another reason to do all you can to control blood sugars with diet and exercise, minimizing the risks—known and unknown—of long-term drugs.
I rarely start my patients on sulfonylureas these days.
Steve Parker, M.D.
Paleo Diabetic 