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October 13, 2010

Cancer-Fighting Bone Drugs Might Raise Stroke Risk

Quoted from http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/heart/articles/2010/10/12/cancer-fighting-bone-drugs-might-raise-stroke-risk.html

Cancer-Fighting Bone Drugs Might Raise Stroke Risk

But IV bisphosphonates can also benefit patients, researchers note

Posted: October 12, 2010

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that cancer patients treated with bisphosphonate drugs such as Aredia or Zometa to reduce or delay bone complications from cancer may be at higher risk for the irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation and for a related event, stroke.Click here to find out more!

In atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of the heart beat chaotically, causing blood to pool and increasing the potential of clots, stroke, heart failure and death.

However, the bump up in risk with bisphosphonates was "relatively modest," said Dr. James Goodwin, senior author of a paper appearing online Oct. 12 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

At relatively low doses, bisphosphonates have been widely used for about three decades to treat osteoporosis, mainly in older women.

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Posted at 08:11 AM in Aredia, Zometa |

Tags: Aredia, increased risk, intravenous bisphosphonates, side effects, stroke, Zometa

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