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Do Arthritis Drugs Cause Cancer?

The U.S. FDA has announced that it is investigating whether four drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other immune system diseases might increase the risk of cancer in children.

The FDA has received reports of 30 cases of cancer among children and young adults treated with the drugs. The agency did not make clear how many children had taken the drugs.

The drugs involved are Enbrel, which is sold by Amgen and Wyeth, Remicade, which is sold by Johnson & Johnson and Schering-Plough, Humira, which is sold by Abbott Laboratories, and Cimzia, which is sold by the Belgian company UBC.

All of the drugs block a protein called tumor necrosis factor, and are therefore known as TNF-blockers.



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BY All Under Heaven   
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What else is new? All these drugs come with promises to treat this and that, but in the end it causes more sickness and death in a vicious cycle.

I agree, people are just brainwashed into believing the solution to anything comes in the form of a pill.

I used to respect Johnson and Johnson. Now I see they're no better than the rest of them. They denied Ortho Evra (birth control patch) was causing harm to women when it gave out several times fold the hormones. And now this...

 
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This information reinforces the fact that it is far safer to find dietary means to control arthritis. As per my post to another topic today, studies have shown that one way this may be able to be achieved is by eliminating meat from your diet.
 
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I agree the first thing that should be done is to look at the persons diet, and have them make the necessary changes. People are so brain washed into asking for a pill, and too many doctors are brain washed that pills are the way to go. It's time to clean house in the medical world. That means clearing out big pharma and the insurance companies.

 
            
 
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Arthritis is typically caused by either low thyroid or a constant, low-level immune response.  The cure is to check and restore thyroid, along with the other hormone levels, or to find the underlying cause of the immune response.

Any drug that suppresses the immune system will help "relieve" arthritis, but at the expense of reducing immunity.  Remaining cancer-free requires a healthy, active immune system.  Therefore, arthritis drugs open the door to cancer, and I suppose, all sorts of other disease, colds, flu, etc.

If one wants to merely suppress their immune system in search of arthritis relief, a much cheaper approach, rather than ingesting expensive prescription drugs, would simply be increased consumption of the polyunsaturated oils (including fish oil), as these, too, will reliably suppress immune response.  This alternate route is, of course, not entirely recommended.   The rational approach to arthritis is to determine the root cause of the inflammation and proceed from there, not mask it with drugs.

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