Posted by Willful on June 13, 2013, at 12:00:52
In reply to correction: Lou's reply-cancer and BZDs, posted by Lou Pilder on June 13, 2013, at 5:52:20
There have been some studies linking benzos with various cancers-- but from my reading, they don't consider any other possible concomitant life patterns, drugs, smoking, or other factors which may correlate with benzo use, and be the actual causative effect.
Moreover other very reputable studies dispute this effect.
This is one of them, taking from the British Journal of Pharmacology from this year.
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Use of benzodiazepines or benzodiazepine related drugs and the risk of cancer: a population-based case-control studyAnton Pottegård1,*, Søren Friis2, Morten Andersen3, Jesper Hallas1
Article first published online: 8 APR 2013
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Volume 75, Issue 5, pages 13561364, May 2013The study summed up as follows
Conclusion: BZRD use was not associated with an overall increase in cancer risk, except for what is likely explained by minor lifestyle confounding, e.g. smoking.See: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bcp.12001/abstract
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Perhaps one's attitude toward these studies will be somewhat conditioned by your attitude toward taking these meds-- But the most you can say is that there are some far-from-solid suggestions that certain cancers might be associated with benzos, the relationship is unclear and the studies themselves are far from substantiating any link.
~~I personally think that in moderation, benzos can contribute positively to sleep-- which is a very important element in emotional stability and functioning. I've used xanax and lorazepam on and off for a pretty long time-- and I find that they've at times helped me immensely.
Incidentally, it's fascinating that Lou now uses the fact that he is not "allowed" to post all he knows-- to imply that some profound and looming catastrophe which he is prevented from bringing forward, threatens all who, in the absence of what he might say, take the med.How ironic that that fact that he's constrained from posting some of his extreme claims has become a validation of the truth of said unspoken extreme claims.
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