Rapamycin - skin cancer
Hi! On the leaflet enclosed with Rapamune in Europe, there is a warning about the risk of skin cancer. Is the risk actually as high as Pfizer reports when taking this medication? Does the same warning...
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I would take it with a grain of salt. Pharmaceutical industry must protect itself against potential lawsuits so I guess they really list any possible side effect… Rapamycin is used in treating...
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The same warning is given here in the US and it would be wrong to take it with a grain of salt. Direct sun exposure has to be limited. Read full topic
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But it has to be limited anyway… sun exposure is a mayor factor in aging of the skin and developing skin cancer. I think 2/3 of us will develop some sort of precancerous or cancerous changes in skin...
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I have never paid attention to it with other medications. However, here I read the leaflet carefully and I was surprised that the risk of cancer was estimated at 1 in 10. Read full topic
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or do you think rapamycin really increases the risk of skin cancers? No, I don’t. This is way I was even more surprised. Read full topic
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An apparent reason for the high incidence of skin cancer likely relates to suppression of immune surveillance mechanisms, but other more direct effects of certain immunosuppressive drugs are also...
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Rapamycin has had the opposite effect on me. I have had chronic actinic keratosis for decades and two basil cell carcinomas removed. Since I started rapamycin my skin is free from actinic keratoses. I...
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I have had 3 non malignant skin cancers removed. Since I started taking rapamycin about 1 month ago, (6mg per week) I already see patches coming up on my face and neck, and then disappearing slowly. I...
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I searched for the term ‘skin cancer’ because I have had a couple of skin disturbances that have a slight chance of being cancer pop up shortly after I began taking rapamycin and I wanted to see if...
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scta123: I think 2/3 of us will develop some sort of precancerous or cancerous changes in skin cells during our lifetime due to sun exposure I have the 180% view on this but then who am i to know...
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PJSnyder: I have had 3 non malignant skin cancers removed Just for sake of clarity, this is a contradiction in terms. Cancer = malignant. You probably meant non-melanoma skin cancers (i.e. basal cell...
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You are correct, it’s basal cell carcinoma, a very slow moving cancer and very rarely spreads. It runs in my family in the fair skinned members. Read full topic
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Hello I have just started taking rapa in the last 2 weeks. The first week was 3mg and second 6mg. I have a birthmark on the side of my face that I noticed in the past week seemed to of started to be...
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I feel compelled to make this follow up post. Since taking my first dose of 3mg and then 6mg in the last few weeks I have seen some very obvious changes to a mark on the side of my face that was flush...
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Sorry to hear that! Hopefully it is not cancer. Read full topic
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Thanks for the mini rapamycin skin cancer review Ben. This saved me some time. Read full topic
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I’m not a dermatologist, but I don’t “think” that looks like any of these: and how to tell the difference (when looking at “moles”: Read full topic
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I hope not. I will 100% report back when I know. So people don’t get freaked out. I’m sorry admin if I have sone something wrong discussing it here. Read full topic
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Looks like seborrheic keratosis. Seborrheic nevi do change with time. They may become scaly or bumpy. But do get it checked to be sure. And few weeks of rapamycin can’t induce any cancer. Mostly...
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