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Common blood pressure drugs may raise cancer risk By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO | Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:09pm EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) – A widely used class of blood pressure drugs may slightly increase the risk of cancer, U.S. researchers said on Sunday, and they are calling on U.S. regulators to take a closer look. They [...]

Medications and Drugs Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs) Pharmacy Author: Omudhome Ogbru, PharmD Medical Editor: Jay W. Marks, MD What are angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), and how do they work? For what conditions are ARBs used? Are there any differences among the different types of ARBs? What are the side effects of ARBs? With which [...]

Blood Pressure Meds Linked to Cancer (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), drugs commonly used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and kidney damage due to diabetes, are associated with a modest increase in the risk of developing cancer. ARBs work by blocking the receptors for angiotensin II — a hormone that increases blood [...]

Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Cancer June 14, 2010 — A group of medications commonly used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and kidney damage caused by diabetes have been linked to a small increase in the risk of developing cancer, according to a study. Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) work by blocking angiotensin II, a [...]

This class of drugs is used by millions of patients not only for high blood pressure but also for heart failure, cardiovascular risk reduction and diabetic kidney disease. University Hospitals Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute’s Drs. Ilke Sipahi, Daniel I. Simon and James C. Fang recently completed a meta-analysis of over 60,000 patients randomly assigned [...]

ScienceDaily (June 15, 2010) — University Hospitals Case Medical Center cardiologists have uncovered new research showing an increased risk of cancer with a group of blood pressure medications known as angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs). This class of drugs is used by millions of patients not only for high blood pressure but also for heart failure, cardiovascular [...]

(WXYZ) – The phones have been ringing off the hook in the offices of cardiac consultants at Providence hospital since reports came out linking certain blood pressure medications to cancer. The drugs in question are known as angiotensin-receptor blockers or ARBs and they are some of the most commonly used medications to control blood pressure, [...]

Drugs for blood pressure are widely prescribed and considered to be safe—life-saving even, in many cases. So it’s unnerving to learn that these same drugs could increase the risk of getting cancer. A new study meta-analyzed nine published studies of blood pressure drugs known as angiotesin-receptor blockers and found they were linked to a “modest [...]

Doctors are usually a lot more sceptical about population studies than reporters, which is why I wrote questioning the glaring headlines about a study which claimed a certain blood pressure medicine (ACE 2 medicines) increased the risk of cancer. The study was a study lumping together a lot of different studies which may or may [...]

worrisome to me. to give background…. I have always been very healthy. I am 28 years old, 5’4.5”, 108 pounds. I exercise 3-4 times per week and played college sports. I have low bad cholesterol and high good cholestoral. Bad Cholesteral is 100, good is 72. Glucose is 80 (so good). I do not eat [...]