Melatonin Slows Breast Cancer

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maize Member Posts: 184
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

Hormone Melatonin Slows Breast Cancer
Bright Light at Night Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

"... slows breast cancer growth by 70%."

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20030714/hormone-melatonin-slows-breast-cancer

Correlation of the risk of breast cancer and disruption of the circadian rhythm (Review).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22664950

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited June 2012

    It is one of the reasons I started taking it.  That, and the fact that it helps me sleep soooo well.

     Now THIS study makes me think all those nights I had issues falling asleep could have played a part, since I "did everything right" on all the other stuff.

    My twin works second shift, but she sleeps like a log. She says she always slept well but with blood pressure meds, she sleeps even better....would be nice if this were significant.

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  • jenrio
    jenrio Member Posts: 558
    edited June 2012

    some blood pressure meds have an effect on BC as well.   Which ones does your twin take?   Just curious

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited June 2012

    She was on lisinoprol, then got switched to a beta blocker (which I know is cancer protective).  They switched her to a non-beta (ACE inhibitor) but her bp would not come down.  I think she is now on Coreg, which is a combo beta .She has only been on meds for 6 or so years though....

    crap shoot Sealed

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  • jenrio
    jenrio Member Posts: 558
    edited June 2012
    crap shoot it is wallycat Foot in mouth    Night shift workers with no betablocker prescriptions deserve to ...
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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited June 2012

    I've been taking Melatonin for at least 12 years for sleep. It does a great job helping me sleep, but I got bc anyway. Maybe other factors outweighed Melatonin's protective function, or perhaps my bc would have been more aggressive without it.

    Crap shoot indeed. 

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  • AlaskaAngel
    AlaskaAngel Member Posts: 1,836
    edited June 2012

    I have used low-dose (1-3 mg) melatonin since treatment in 2002 too, and most of the time it works well for me also.

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