# Interesting case study on remission in T1D with a cholesterol drug

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-case-study-on-remission-in-t1d-with-a-cholesterol-drug/9782>\
**Category:** T1 Research\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-case-study-on-remission-in-t1d-with-a-cholesterol-drug/9782 "2020-05-20T16:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-case-study-on-remission-in-t1d-with-a-cholesterol-drug/9782/1 "2020-05-20T16:22:17Z")

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It’s the definition of anecdata, but still interesting. My personal theory is that there may be dozens of things out there that could potentially put T1D into remission in one or two people in the world, but not on a mass scale.

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> A 19-year-old girl was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and showing polydipsia and polyuria. She was double autoantibody-positive and had a diabetes-prone tissue type. She was immediately started on insulin. Fenofibrate treatment (160 mg daily) was...

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-case-study-on-remission-in-t1d-with-a-cholesterol-drug/9782/2 "2020-05-20T16:26:52Z")

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Sounds like a pretty standard and pretty common honeymoon period.

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**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-case-study-on-remission-in-t1d-with-a-cholesterol-drug/9782/3 "2020-05-20T16:47:00Z")

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Yeah that’s possible.