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9 Post author: NancyLebovitz 08 June 2013 02:32PM

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Comment author: OneBox 10 June 2013 07:43:43PM 0 points [-]

Upvoted.

One hypothesis that people throw around is that if you are too aggressive with drugs, you cause hypoglycemic events (too low blood sugar), and these are correlated with CVD.

I just want to point out that this is entirely dependent on what kind of medication you take, it's practically impossible (I have never heard of it at least) to have a hypoglycemic event without insulin being a part of your cocktail.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 10 June 2013 08:33:48PM 0 points [-]

Yes, insulin is a prerequisite for a hypoglycemic event. But once on insulin, most drugs increase the rate of events.