GABAPENTIN for pancreatic cancer starvation

Pancreatic cancer cells rely on the cancer associated fibroblasts for fuel intimes of stress. These CAF uses the BCAT1 enzymes to convert amino acids for fuel. GABAPENTIN BLOCKS this enzymes

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  1. Well that’s an interesting and puzzling article who/ what does one believe ?.
    Read on .
    In a published case-control screening study of the association of gabapentin with 55 cancers
    The primary objective of a study was to determine whether exposure to gabapentin is associated with an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer or renal cancer in the United Kingdom (UK) General Practice Research Database (GPRD). attendances. Over 487 General Practices contribute data to the GPRD.
    Crude and adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) will be produced from conditional logistic regression models, with additional analyses evaluating for latency and dose-response. For pancreatic cancer, covariates are smoking, body mass index, diabetes, epilepsy, neuropathic pain, and chronic pancreatitis. For renal cancer, covariates are smoking, body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, diuretic use, epilepsy, and neuropathic pain.
    BTW I found it absolutely useless for PHN pain.
    Alastair

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