Cancer Risk with Folic Acid Supplements [Internet].

Folic acid supplements have been considered as safe. A combined analysis from 2009 of two Norwegian randomized controlled clinical trials, with extended post-trial follow-up, demonstrated however, an increased incidence of cancer among patients taking folic acid for homocysteine reduction as secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. In Norway folic acid is among the 10 most sold non-prescription drugs with 17.5 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants/day. Norwegian guidelines have since 1998 recommended supplements of folic acid 0.4 mg daily to women periconceptionally in order to reduce the risk of neural tube defects.

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