Posted by freedom2001 on August 29, 2003, at 10:14:29
In reply to triciclics, posted by linkadge on August 29, 2003, at 6:36:29
> Many of the tricylcics has a *slight* increase in the occurance of cancers, execpt doxepin I beleive.
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> Some of the drugs may only be increasing cancer likelyhood indirectly. Ie many people on Paxil say it is more sedating and perhaps leads to more weight gain. Some of these factors may accound for the increased risk. Not exactly sure
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> LinkadgeSo rodents on paxil got cancer. Is it because they have become too FAT???? :)
Just wondering....
My own opinion is that they do not get cancer because they get too fat. The rodents just had a higher chance of getting cancer on Paxil.
I hope it doesn't happen to humans.....
I was on paxil once....quite good effects...but now I'm on generic prozac as it is the cheapest.
Freedom.
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