Posted by Larry Hoover on May 19, 2006, at 6:07:52
In reply to link to article on lunesta and cancer, posted by saturn on May 18, 2006, at 18:56:06
> I've posted regarding this before, and am not trying to raise any unfounded hysteria, but I'm curious regarding any thoughts on this article:
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> http://www.jco.org/cgi/content/full/23/31/8134
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> Admittedly the study involves only HIV positive patients, but it does mention that "the label for eszopliclone contains significant warnings regarding carcinogenicity and mutagenesis".I think it is ridiculous to even publish such a blatantly speculative article. Irresponsible, and inflammatory. Inconsistent with medical prudence.
They clearly discovered a significant variable which alone explains the cancer incidence, CD-4 count. As there is no plausible reason to consider that to be a spurious finding, and no significant trend among Lunesta users, this letter should have been properly filed in the recycling bin.
Lar
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