HYPERTENSION DRUG LINKED TO CANCER IN ELDERLY.(NEWS)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: August 23, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Lawrence K. Altman The New York Times

Use of calcium channel blockers, one of the most widely prescribed classes of medications for high blood pressure and other ailments, has been tentatively linked to higher rates of cancer among older people in a federally financed study.

The risk of developing cancer was 72 percent higher among those who used the short-acting forms of calcium channel blockers in the study by a team led by Dr. Marco Pahor of the Uni...

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