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Post by scumbuster on Nov 4, 2018 10:53:31 GMT -5
Taking Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs Increases Your Chance of Heart Attack by 50% Just because a drug doesn’t require a prescription, doesn’t mean it’s harmless or should be taken without careful consideration. A recent study revealed taking ibuprofen and other NSAIDs for even a short period of time can have an adverse effect on your heart health. Quick definition: NSAIDs (ie. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are used for pain relief, reducing inflammation, bringing down fevers and preventing blood clotting. (1) Common NSAIDS are: ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) aspirin nabumetone (Relafen) COX-2 inhibitors (Celebrex) theheartysoul.com/nsaids-heart-attack-study/?utm_source=HHL&utm_content=79398-E6EV&fbclid=IwAR2CiMK9hcxHxf9xI0Jg1HcuJa4gBWutcwpVQ3Eyr-vbEkMVZbm8TC-I3sE
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Post by wildstubby on Nov 4, 2018 12:18:44 GMT -5
Since this article is supported by Anthony Komaroff, MD, whose specified field is general internal medicine, and NOT cardiology, I take with a grain of salt, (which may or may not increase my blood pressure!). In fact, the continued taking of NSAIDs can and do lead to bleeding ulcers, with the exceptions of the COX-2 inhibitors, (however, the Vioxx studies showed increased heart attack risks with it). I suggest you read the side effects of ANY medicines, OTC or prescribed, and you will see very similar warnings. My doctor, Randall Storm, who IS a cardiologist, has had me on a daily aspirin regimen for about 15 years. My latest stress test shows no diminishing effects in my heart or its efficiency.
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Post by scumbuster on Nov 4, 2018 13:40:40 GMT -5
I probably dont need to take aspirin but do take 82 mg every day. A habit I started about 5 years ago because of extremely hard running in the Colombian mountains. I would regularly have my heard rate in the 80 to 90% max range for several hours straight, and a couple other runners, good runners I had met recommended it. I just never stopped even when I have taken time off or wasn't pushing to that degree.
I really dont know the science behind runners taking it. I had just thought thinner blood would pump more efficiently and may reduce your blood pressure while running, but that is just my speculation.
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Post by wildstubby on Nov 4, 2018 15:42:24 GMT -5
I was originally prescribed 82mg when I had a 'scare' back in 2000. Then I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and they upped it to a standard 325mg. The danger there isn't heart attack but stroke caused by a blood clot forming in the heart during periods of A-fib and its side effects are minimum. However back to the NSAIDs, the biggest risk I have read about them is causing damage to the liver along with the aforementioned bleeding ulcer. Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, et al all have adverse conditions towards the liver with overuse and/or abuse.
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Post by Mondongo on Nov 10, 2018 10:15:30 GMT -5
Had a treadmill stress test last week, had to run for awhile to get my heart rate up to 130 beats/minute... The nurses said that & had the heart of a 40YO.... yay! On the other hand, I take tramadol occasionally for aches/pains...... In my wild & woolly days & rode bulls & saddle broncs.. paying for it now... some people don't think tramadol is any big deal, but it IS an opioid.... albeit a light one...... ain't going down that opioid hole, we've all seen what it does to people... for break through pain I take ibuprofen, but not that often... I would rather writhe in pain before taking any opioid on a regular basis.... sounds like a good question for my cardiologist when I see her again at the end of the month.
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Post by búfalo on Nov 10, 2018 10:58:36 GMT -5
How do you get 82mg? Take a 100mg pill and cut off 18%?
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Post by scumbuster on Nov 10, 2018 12:52:56 GMT -5
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Post by búfalo on Nov 10, 2018 21:51:06 GMT -5
Okeedokie
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Post by wildstubby on Nov 11, 2018 7:16:49 GMT -5
Had a treadmill stress test last week, had to run for awhile to get my heart rate up to 130 beats/minute... The nurses said that & had the heart of a 40YO.... yay! On the other hand, I take tramadol occasionally for aches/pains...... In my wild & woolly days & rode bulls & saddle broncs.. paying for it now... some people don't think tramadol is any big deal, but it IS an opioid.... albeit a light one...... ain't going down that opioid hole, we've all seen what it does to people... for break through pain I take ibuprofen, but not that often... I would rather writhe in pain before taking any opioid on a regular basis.... sounds like a good question for my cardiologist when I see her again at the end of the month. This what I give my dog for her arthritis.
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Post by caliorbust on Nov 12, 2018 6:53:21 GMT -5
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Post by caliorbust on Nov 12, 2018 7:58:45 GMT -5
When you're in an ambulance with heart attack or stroke symptoms the paramedics usually give you two 500 mg aspirins unless they suspect a burst blood vessel in the brain. This procedure has been very successful to reduce further damage and often saved lives.
It won't hurt to have a few unexpired 500 mg aspirins laying around the house or in your luggage.
When people get extremely upset or depressed, a death-fall in the family, a serious accident, for whatever reason the blood thickens and if there are any severe and in most cases unknown restrictions in the arteries leading to the heart or brain they will be starved of oxygen resulting in a heart attack or stroke.
Not a bad idea to get your arteries checked, it wont come cheap but how much is your ass worth? Or your future quality of life without injuries to vital organs? Best methods are an Echo-cardiogram, a Cardiac CT Scan or better yet a Nuclear Stress Test.
Don't put too much face in a Treadmill Test. I had one of those by a cardiologist in California exactly 21 years ago and passed with flying colors. A few months later I was in a hospital getting a stent implanted in an artery that was to 95% restricted. And I wasn't obese either, 180lbs. at 5'11
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Post by wildstubby on Nov 12, 2018 14:18:58 GMT -5
I had the treadmill test with an EEG immediately following it.They gave me a substance that creates micro bubbles in the blood. This creates a greater contrast with the ultrasound. I got a passing grade from the cardiologist. But next year they are going to use a nuclear trace for more definitive contrast. They will more accurately be able to measure the efficiency of the heart.
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