Comments on: Does Lantus Cause Cancer?

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:19:14 +0000

Gustavo,
I feel very saddened that you are so worried. I hope that your own illnesses will soon get better. I was so angry when I wrote on this page on January 25th.
I am extremely angry with the media and the commercials that are pushing drugs on people like us. I take so many medications and I can’t seem to come to a happy place. I’m always in excruciating pain and the drugs make them worse or something else happens to me. Can you believe that the drug companies in many cases pay the doctors to push drugs on there patients. Some of these drugs have major side effects to some people and no one body is the same. We all have our own allergies to things and I don’t care about those people that have blinders on, because allot of these people don’t understand what we go through, because there simple goal is to make money. Shame on them for putting us through this and not trying to understand where we are coming from.
My prayers are with you. Stay safe, keep your diet and excercise and tell your doctor if you are taking vitamins, because some vitamins may have side effects to certain medications. Take care
Veronica

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:09:22 +0000

I’m worried. My doc ask me to change my Lantus to NPH just for precaution.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:41:38 +0000

This is what you wrote back to me.{Author: Microsoft Points
Comment:
I don’t believe everything i read on the internet and i def don’t believe that lantus can cause cancer…}
Maybe you work for the drug company?
I don’t lie and I make a point of it! Maybe you should come visit me, so you can see first hand of the hell I go through on a daily basis. I challenge that and I also challenge the fact that you don’t know what the hell you are talking about!
Maybe you should see all the medical records that prove some of these things that I go through, so you can stop saying wonderful things about this synthetic man made drug to help us diabetics, perhaps you will able to sleep better at night?
Maybe you should start finding a solution to the problem instead of making accusations to people like us by calling us liars! You don’t know me!
Drug companies are getting quite fat with people like us that are sick and have to buy these expensive drugs. I heard that some of these drug companies pay some doctors to promote these drugs. The drug companies are getting richer while we are dying or going through hell. This is ok to you is it?

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:59:35 +0000

Hi my name is Veronica and I am a diabetic. My doctor started me on Lantus over 3 years ago and guess what I had cancer and almost lost my life. I just found out yesterday that Lantus might be causing my seizures, and also many other painful side effects, how’s that! I am really angry! I have been going through hell for the past years; because of a drug that I believe is causing this. Money talks I guess. The drug companies are probably sitting there pretty while people like us are suffering, because of side effects that they conveniently forget to tell us. What a disgrace! I’ve worked all my life. I have never asked anyone for anything and now my life has been completely destroyed. I can’t work. I can’t function and instead of correcting the problems and facing the mess that has been created by the greedy drug companies they keep on passing out lies. We also have these people that are getting paid by the very people to push these lies and keep pushing the problem under the rug. What in God’s name is wrong with this picture? Ya and by the way it does make you feel great when you first start it. Wait a few months after taking it.

By: Cate

Cate — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:06:11 +0000

Sloan Kettering took me off lantus….
Hi – I’ve had Type 1 for (gasp) 35 years & look & feel fantastic — a true poster child to remove the “Dis” from ability Thought I’d mention that my healthy self was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at Sloan Kettering, the kingpins of all things cancer-related. Thyroid cnacer doesn’t run in my family, etc. They removed it this past April & I’m feeling great. They also immediately removed me off Lantus which I was taking for many many years because of the possible cancer connection. I don’t doubt conspiracy angles from either products; however thought I’d mention that Sloan advised against Lantus.

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:58:58 +0000

I was curious about your reference to cancer and long-term high blood sugars readings. Has this link been confirmed? I am a participant in DCCT and EDIC clinical trials for many years and have never heard any discussion of such links. I would be grateful to know more about this.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:38:14 +0000

Oh poor Sanofi!!! They knew about the IGF-1 receptor before bringing Lantus to market. But all the can think about is $$$…
The public should be given all the relevant facts so they can make an informative decision when it comes to their treatment.
Levemir & Protaphane is an alternative to Lantus that is safer, less weight gain and better control.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:49:28 +0000

How about animal insulin? There are people who still take that and it is does not have IGF. YOu can get it from Canada, but ins. will not cover it most likely.

By: SomeOne

SomeOne — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:44:01 +0000

I have diabetes and i Believe that an insulin pump is the best thing
anyone could possibly have and there ain’t no cancers
plus there is a new test product it acts like lantus but more healthy.

By: RICHARD N. KEENE

RICHARD N. KEENE — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:39:19 +0000

I forgot to mention that I told Aventis of my problem and sent them the receipt and they promptly sent me a check for what it cost me. Does that tell you something? When did a drug company ever reimburse a customer when they complained about a product?