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deborahrgoldman) wrote2009-12-14 09:36 pm
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Asprin Info
My sister sent his to me in an email today and I thought I should share it.
Aspirin Info
Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic who is lead author of the report in the July 29, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 A.M. and noon, Somers said. Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened. Somers and his colleagues have been working for a decade to show that sleep apnea is to blame.
1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night. The reason: aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life". therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the aspirin would be strongest in your system.
2. FYI, aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest............years.
(when it gets old, it smells like vinegar.)
please read on.
Something that we can do to help ourselves. Nice to know.
Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve instantly on the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.
Why keep aspirin by your bedside?
About Heart Attacks
There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.
The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.
Afterwards:
-call 911
- phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by
-say"heart attack!"
-say that you have taken 2 aspirins.
- take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and...
~do NOT lie down~
A Cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life can be saved!
I have already shared the information- - What about you?
Aspirin Info
Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic who is lead author of the report in the July 29, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 A.M. and noon, Somers said. Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened. Somers and his colleagues have been working for a decade to show that sleep apnea is to blame.
1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night. The reason: aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life". therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the aspirin would be strongest in your system.
2. FYI, aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest............years.
(when it gets old, it smells like vinegar.)
please read on.
Something that we can do to help ourselves. Nice to know.
Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve instantly on the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.
Why keep aspirin by your bedside?
About Heart Attacks
There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.
The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.
Afterwards:
-call 911
- phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by
-say"heart attack!"
-say that you have taken 2 aspirins.
- take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and...
~do NOT lie down~
A Cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life can be saved!
I have already shared the information- - What about you?
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Also there are some half-truths in this email. The "half life" of most aspirins is about 3 hours. And while aspirin does help prevent heart attacks, you should always check with your doctor before taking aspirin for heart attack prevention because it does interact with quite a few prescription drugs. The most alarming "fact" is that aspirin lasts a long time in a medicine cabinet. While it does have a long shelf life, it never smells like vinegar when bad and if the expiration date on the side has passed, so has its potency. The shelf life of aspirin, is at most 3 years.
As for lying down. We tell patients to rest in whatever position is most comfortable, there is no problem with lying down.
Most of the information that I've stated can be confirmed on snopes.com, which incidently I always check when I get one of these bogus emails. Although, most of the stuff I typed up there is from my own experience and EMD classes :)
Oh and the snopes link for this load of bs is http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/aspirin.asp
Where to keep it
(Anonymous) 2009-12-15 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)Matthew Thomas - http://www.streem.info/matthew2/
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Your welcome, you seem cool :)
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