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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A commonly prescribed diabetes drug increases the risk of bladder cancer, research has found.
Patients who use pioglitazone, a drug for type 2 diabetes, every day for more than two years double their chances of developing the disease.
The medication for controlling blood sugar levels is known to increase the risk of heart failure, but the European Medicines Agency decided to keep it on the market.
Researchers based in Canada analysed the medical records of more than 115,000 people across the UK who were given the drug over an 11-year period and found there were up to 137 extra cases of bladder cancer per 100,000 person years.
http://news.uk.msn.com/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=250136953
Patients who use pioglitazone, a drug for type 2 diabetes, every day for more than two years double their chances of developing the disease.
The medication for controlling blood sugar levels is known to increase the risk of heart failure, but the European Medicines Agency decided to keep it on the market.
Researchers based in Canada analysed the medical records of more than 115,000 people across the UK who were given the drug over an 11-year period and found there were up to 137 extra cases of bladder cancer per 100,000 person years.
http://news.uk.msn.com/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=250136953