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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Using drops every night (ex: Refresh) and minimizing contact lens use.  You can see your eye doctor and get prescription drops that help your eyes produce more tears (Restasis).[/quote]

Restasis side effects include pancreatic cancer.[/quote]

Do you have a legitimate source for that statement? I have never seen anything about that.  [/quote]

Yeah the packaging pamphlet that comes with the rx!!! After i paid $1500 for it! Its probably on the website too.[/quote]

So they list everything that happened to anyone taking the drug during trials. It doesn’t mean Restasis caused pancreatic cancer. It just means someone in the trial group got pancreatic cancer. It isn’t a causation statement. The affliction probably had nothing to do with eye drops.[/quote]

This is such a silly waste of time -restasis has been on the market for close to 25 years, if there were risks of pancreatic cancer, they would take it off. There’s tons of other eye drops available at this point… No need to keep something on the market that causes a serious and often terminal illness.

Pancreatic cancer is a risk for immunocompromised patients taking the oral form of cyclosporine. Not the general population with dry eyes. [/quote]

That's not the whole story. restasis caused pancreatic cancer in rats, mice and hamsters. [/quote]

Sure cite your source-I’m sure you have a link to a research paper-right?[/quote]

Why are you so freaking lazy pp?! Its on the package insert and fda website.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2012/050790s020lbl.pdf

You can call the company too you lazy butt and get all the info you expect others to provide for you.[/quote]
I'm sorry you're determined to highlight your scientific ignorance.
1) That's not a research paper.  I hope you know the difference between a drug package insert and a research paper.  
2) The insert talks about rats who received an oral dosage of restasis (not a topical application as humans do), and noting that the dosage provided to the rats is 80x greater than the dosage for humans having a higher rate of pancreatic cancer cells.  
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