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Post by healthy11 on Mar 12, 2016 9:04:48 GMT -5
www.madinamerica.com/2016/03/is-long-term-use-of-benzodiazepine-a-risk-for-cancer/ says that researchers in Taiwan found certain benzodiazepines carried a greater risk than others. Namely, clonazepam (Klonopin), lorazepam (Ativan), alparazolam (Xanax), bromazepam (Lexotan), zolpidem (Ambien), and zopiclone (Lunesta) were found to have a high risk for cancer while chlordiazepoxide (Librium), diazepam (Valium), medazepam (Azepamid), oxazepam (Serax), and nitrazepam (Mogadon) did not have a significant association with cancer. Clonazepam (Klonopin) was found to be the most dangerous, carrying a fifteen percent higher risk for cancer than all other benzodiazepine drugs. The research also revealed that benzodiazepines exposure increased the overall cancer risk up to 21%, specifically for brain 98%, colorectal 25%, lung 10%, esophagus 59%, prostate 36%, bladder 39%, liver 18%, pancreas 41% and other cancers 27%. The detailed study can be found at journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2015/02020/Is_Long_term_Use_of_Benzodiazepine_a_Risk_for.7.aspx?WT.mc_id=EMxALLx20100222xxFRIEND
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