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“Superoxide anion production, ER stress, and cell death induced by 27.5 mM dextrose were inhibited by therapeutic concentrations of simvastatin and pravastatin.”
American journal of therapeutics • 2016 | View Paper
“Contrary to our hypothesis, pravastatin treatment increased fasting and fed plasma levels of glucose and decreased markedly (40%) fed plasma levels of insulin.”
“In addition, ex vivo glucose stimulated insulin secretion was significantly reduced after two and three months (36-48%, p<0.05) of pravastatin treatment.”