June 15, (PRINTWORDS NEWS) A recent study has revealed that a certain variety of blood pressure drugs might lead to increase in the risk of all forms of cancer. The findings of the study which was recently published has managed to create a buzz in the medical fraternity as millions of people are administered these drugs every single day all across the world. According to the research that was undertaken by scientists of the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, the administration of the widely used angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) was associated with one per cent increase in the risk of different types of cancerous condition such as cancer of lungs, prostrate as well as breast.
In the study which took into consideration as many as 60,000 patients found that the incidence of cancer among people taking the blood pressure drugs was 7.2 per cent higher compared to a 6 per cent chance of the incidence of the cancer among individuals not taking the medicine. Although researchers established that there was indeed an enhanced risk of cancer owing to the drugs, there was only a slight increase of death among individuals who were known to be regular ARB users.
Dr. Ilke Sipahi, the lead author of the study added “the risk for the individual patient is modest but is indeed significant.” The researcher further emphasized that the 1.2 per cent increase in the risk of cancer over a period of four years needs to be analyzed with respect to the 41 percent background lifetime cancer risk. Despite the fact that the researchers have stressed that the enhancement in the cancer risk is modest, many experts feel that revelations of the study are quite disturbing as it raises serious health safety issues.
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