Cough Medicine Found Effective against Prostate Cancer
As a result of an ongoing collaboration between the Prostate Cancer Research and Educational Foundation (PC-REF) and MedInsight Research Institute, the anti-cough medication noscapine has been found to be effective against prostate cancer.
Noscapine, a non-addictive derivative of opium, has been used worldwide since the 1950’s as an anti-cough medication. Noscapine was originally proposed as an anti-cancer agent in the early 1960’s. However major studies of its broad anti-cancer effects were only done in recent years.
Oral administration of noscapine in animals led to tumor inhibition rate of 60%, and reduced metastasis by just over 65%. Not only was the medication found effective but also without toxic side effects.
The study results have been presented at the recent 17th International Prostate Cancer Update Conference in Vail, Colorado.
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1 opinion for Cough Medicine Found Effective against Prostate Cancer
Joseph Tallko
Feb 19, 2007 at 10:43 am
Great news!
I tried http://www.medinsight.org but their site is not yet open to public.
But I found lots of info on web on noscpaine and cancer.
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