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Does Lantus REALLY cause cancer?

I very much doubt it. Enough people take it that if it was a cause of cancer, there would be hundreds of thousands of diabetics with cancer, but there aren't.

Poorly-controlled diabetes can increase the risk of cancer. Such people are quite likely to be using Lantus. Plus, people who have had their pancreas removed because of pancreatic cancer are also likely to be using Lantus. So there might be a correlation, but not causation.
 
The FDA and UK equivalent withdrew their warning saying there is no evidence of a cancer link. They continue to monitor the situation. I agree with Sam, there is a massive population of Lantus users and a cancer link would show up statistically, especially given how hard some groups have been looking to find a link.

There was about a 2 year period where hospitals were cautious about putting people onto Lantus and used Levemir instead.
 
Interesting, Spiker. I generally don't post links, because I never read ones people put up, but I've got to get to work and don't have time to summarise! Here's the paper that reports the link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723679/#!po=15.1961

Take a look at the results section. Whilst they report an increased risk of cancer of 30% in some cases, the numbers involved are small. For example, 2 incidents of cancer per 100 patient years for people using Lantus, is not what I would consider high. Take a look at the charts. They suggest your risk is increased if you take over 30u per day.

Is there cause for concern? I'd say not. More study is required, but as a Lantus user, I'm not worried as no one has reported causation.
 
You know i were in Lantus as i does only 20 unit Daily , But After i heared that i moved to Levemir as i Does arond 40 unit Daily ., I hate that actually :( ...., iam still search but may be i will back to lantus soon
 
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