Metformin

[pcdmd]

Did anyone notice the post on hbvadvocate.org March issue that metformin can reduce the incidence of cancer by 97pct!isn't it a great news??

[Ibro982003]

So we need to be more on statins then thanks studyforhope & hope our specialist aware of this thing.

[studyforhope]

The summary of the paper by Christine Kukla unfortunately misrepresented the study. The hazard ratio as quoted in the abstract of the paper was quoted as 0.97 for liver cancer under metformin. that is a 3% reduction, to still a 97% risk, not a great difference.  Statins were doing better, down to 35% risk.
It is recommended to read the paper, there is free access.

[Ibro982003]

Yes i read this morning on HBV advocate blogCholesterol and Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Markedly Lower Cancer Risk in Hepatitis B Patients
A large, ground-breaking study that followed 71,824 patients infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) from 2000 to 2008 found that those who took medium to high doses of metformin and/or statins had substantially lower rates of liver and other cancers.

The study, conducted by Taiwanese researchers and published in the February issue of the journal Medicine, examined the impact of:

Statins: Drugs taken to reduce triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood
And metformin: A drug used to treat patients in the early stages of type 2 diabetes.

[terrywillbeok]

if it is true , this is a hella great news.