Prostate cancer drugs that may cause sudden death now require warning labels

This year an estimated 32.050 men will die of prostate cancer and more than 200,000 men will be diagnosed with the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Prostate cancer is the second type of cancer among men in the United States after skin cancer.

Prostate cancer drugs that can cause heart attack, stroke, diabetes and even sudden death now must carry labels to warn patients of potential risks, according to a new rule of United States food and drug administration.

In may, the FDA announced for the first time links of medicines for health problems, saying that patients taking releasing hormone gonadotropin - agonists (GnRH) were in a small increase in the risk for health complications.

"I think this was long due," said Dr. David Samadi, Vice President of Urology at Mount Sinai medicine in New York City. "[Many times the risks of taking the medication] outweigh the benefit;" "as more and more patients read about side effects, they choose the surgery by radiation."

They are not only bad drugs especially for men with heart problems, but induce the symptoms of "male menopause", he said, causing depression, fatigue and increased weight. These changes occur naturally as the age of men and their testosterone drops, but medications take them as soon as possible, he said.

However, in very serious prostate cancer, the medicines still do wonders, said Dr. Ana Aparicio, a Professor of medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

"These medicines are extremely effective for the treatment of this disease and all that people feel better," said Aparicio.

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