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Some Blood-Pressure Drugs Tied to Cancer Risk
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| 6/14/10
| PETER LOFTUS
Posted on 06/14/2010 5:05:41 PM PDT by Nachum
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06/14/2010 5:05:41 PM PDT
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Nachum
To: Nachum
Can you give us some names, I don’t want to sign up.
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06/14/2010 5:09:50 PM PDT
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Ditter
To: Ditter
The study examined drugs known as angiotensin-receptor blockers, or ARBs,They include blockbusters like Merck's Cozaar and Novartis's Diovan, but much of the data in the new analysis was from use of the drug telmisartan, sold under the brand Micardis by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Thank is all the article gave. But, I believe that they are saying the entire class of drugs may increase cancer risk. Now, as I do a google search, there apparently is another study that suggests it may inhibit cancer risk (the opposite).
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posted on
06/14/2010 5:17:16 PM PDT
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Nachum
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To: neverdem
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posted on
06/14/2010 5:34:52 PM PDT
by
BossLady
(Sharron Angle is Star Spangled!)
To: Nachum
Now, as I do a google search, there apparently is another study that suggests it may inhibit cancer risk (the opposite). Like the "Coffee is Bad" studies vs the "Coffee is Good studies of years past, we will see these studies go back and forth I'm afraid.
The truth will be fuzzy.
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posted on
06/14/2010 5:37:32 PM PDT
by
SteamShovel
(If the RAT party is for Hippies, the "Tea Party" is for "Teapies".)
To: Nachum
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06/14/2010 6:14:01 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
Yeah, and I take lisinopril, a generic angiotensin-receptor blocker. Not in the study (that I can see) but part of the same family.
The good news is that there are studies that show it inhibits cancer. Not sure what to believe.
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posted on
06/14/2010 6:16:21 PM PDT
by
Nachum
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To: Nachum
I tried a couple of other blood pressure meds and they caused an uncomfortable reaction so Diovan is the one I'll be taking.
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posted on
06/14/2010 6:40:18 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Nachum
Lisinopril is an ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitor.
The angiotensin receptor blockers are the next step down the metabolic pathway.
To: paterfamilias
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posted on
06/14/2010 7:30:29 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: paterfamilias
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posted on
06/14/2010 7:35:37 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: Nachum
I have taken Cozaar (and other ACE and ARB inhibitors) for years, not for hypertension, but to delay diabetes-related kidney failure. When I was first diagnosed with this condition in 1992, my doc said I was on the brink of needing dialysis. Since then, thanks to this class of drugs, I've been consistently trundling along with my test results in a near-normal range, and still have two more-or-less fully-functioning piss processors.
If they were to be banned, I would be seriously . . . annoyed. I'll take a slight risk of cancer over certain kidney failure any day.
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posted on
06/14/2010 7:37:00 PM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
(The Left is suicidal, but why are they so determined to take the rest of us along with them?)
To: DCPatriot
Cozaar is an angiotensin receptor blocker. Good drug.
To: paterfamilias
Thanks for any information/opinion on Cozaar.
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06/14/2010 7:44:43 PM PDT
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DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: skippermd
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posted on
06/14/2010 7:50:19 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Sometimes you have to go to dark places to get to the light....)
To: paterfamilias
My dr. took me off of Cozaar after I had an SVT (super ventricular tachycardia) episode last December. My heart was racing wildly for several days at 236 beats per minute. Normal is about 90.
Now I’m on a generic for Toprol (metoprolol) and everything is fine except that it does keep my BP almost too low. I’m not sure what the objection to Cozaar was but since it is a more expensive drug I was glad to switch to a cheaper generic.
To: Ditter
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posted on
06/14/2010 9:20:45 PM PDT
by
Buddy B
(MSgt Retired-USAF - Year: 1972)
To: BossLady
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posted on
06/14/2010 10:03:51 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: BossLady; Nachum; austinmark; FreedomCalls; IslandJeff; JRochelle; MarMema; Txsleuth; Newtoidaho; ..
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posted on
06/14/2010 10:56:08 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: Nachum
Did the stoudy compare people with high BP who were on these drugs to those not on them or did they compare people on the drugs to the general poulation? If so, the study is BS. People with high BP tend to be in poorer physical health so we would expect higher cancer rates.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:01:59 PM PDT
by
rmlew
(There is no such thing as a Blue Dog Democrat; just a liberals who lies.)
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