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June 04, 2012

Study details cancer risk of Takeda diabetes pill

Quoted from http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/takeda-actos-idUSL5E8GVEEO20120531

Study details cancer risk of Takeda diabetes pill

Thu May 31, 2012 6:30pm EDT

* Two years use of Actos doubles risk of bladder cancer

* Absolute risk still low, study finds

LONDON May 31 (Reuters) - Taking Takeda Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug Actos for more than two years doubles the risk of bladder cancer, although in absolute terms the risk is still low, researchers said on Thursday.

A study by Canadian researchers, published online by the British Medical Journal, quantified the risk by analysing the records of more than 115,000 British patients newly treated with diabetes drugs between 1988 and 2009.

They found that Actos use of two years or more was associated with 88 extra cases of bladder cancer per 100,000 person years. This rose to 137 extra cases among patients who had taken more than 28,000 milligrams of the drug.

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Posted at 09:05 AM in Actos |

Tags: Actos, bladder cancer, British Medical Journal, diabetes drug, drug injury, side effects, Takeda Pharmaceutical

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