A group of scientists from the University of Dundee, University of London Queen Mary and the Sanger Institute have discovered a lot of harm, which bring to the body some popular medications. We are talking about the medicines, including prescribed for the treatment of various diseases of the intestine, reported Eurekalert.
Scientists have suspected ability to cause cancer of the skin known for the drug azathioprine. It is actively used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, vasculitis. The representatives of science are already experiencing the suspicion that this drug can cause the development of skin cancer. The new study also concluded with a verdict of scientists that the use of azathioprine increases the photosensitivity and increased risk of mutations of skin cells that cause squamous cell carcinoma.
The authors of the new work indicated that patients undergoing treatment with azathioprine should conduct additional examinations, which would allow timely diagnosis of existing lesions. In addition, they must take care of year-round sun protection.
The researchers studied the cases of 37 patients with cancer of the skin. In General, the number of identified examples of this disease in connection with the use of drugs with azathioprine was not too significant. Nevertheless, scientists are convinced that this relationship must be scrutinized. People with intestinal diseases and arthritis researchers are advised to carefully protect themselves from solar ultraviolet radiation.
Earlier Magicforum wrote that scientists have determined the drug completely kills cancer.