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If you think you have an arrythmia then you should just go to your doctor and tell him/her what is going on. Then you can be put on something called a Holter monitor. This is just a little box that you wear on your belt for a day or so and it records your heart's activity. Then you will know...

If you think you have an arrythmia then you should just go to your doctor and tell him/her what is going on. Then you can be put on something called a Holter monitor. This is just a little box that you wear on your belt for a day or so and it records your heart's activity. Then you will know...

We all have our areas of knowledge and thats what makes this place so great. Everyone is here to learn, teach and occasionally throw around a little BS. When it comes to holes in the heart, there are basically two types, the ASD and the VSD. The ASD (atrial septal defect) is pretty common...

Not to step on your toes eagle, but an irregular heart beat is an arrythmia not a murmur. A murmur is a sound that is produced from a flow abnormality such as a hole between the two sides of the heart or a malfunctioning heart valve. It is certainly possible to have both an arrythmia and a...

Lots of people have heart murmurs. They are almost always nothing to worry about. The echocardiogram will clearly identify the type of murmur. Chances are that it is something that he has had all of his life and just never knew it until someone listened. However, without having heard the...

Yes 40butpumpin i have taken metoprolol in the past. I also have prescribed Beta blockers and every other class of antihypertensive medications to and cared for many thousands of patients on them. I agree with what ichabod says that thiazides are also excellent first line BP meds and may be...

Everything Seth said is right on the money. Beta Blockers are outstanding first line hypertension meds particularly in caucasians. Metroprolol (Toprol) is a very selective Beta 1 blocker with very little Beta 2 effect. Other Beta Blockers have more Beta 2 effect, but not metoprolol except at...

That is a hard question to answer... In the US we use a different measurment system and slightly different terminology than what you are reporting. When you use S-asat I am going to assume that is the abbreviation for Aspartate aminotransferase which we abbreviate AST or in the old...

Meridia (Sibutramine) as I am sure you know is a medication used to treat obesity. It works by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine (neurotransmitters) in the brain. It was developed as an antidepressant but found to have the side effect of weight loss. It works...

Let me preface this by saying that Lasix and potassium are both dangerous medications to play around with. I do not reccomend taking lasix unless directed to do so by a doctor. Consuming potassium by diet is nothing to really worry about. A couple of bananas a day is perfect. As for oral...

I can't answer your question but... I was intrigued by this post because the use of IGF-1 in bodybuilding is new to me. I can tell you what I know about IGF-1 from med school which is dated a few years though. Growth hormone effects are primarily mediated through Insulin Like Growth...

A Long explanation. I wouldn't worry about it. One testicle is 100% as functional and capable as two. One testicle has 350 million Leydig cells (i.e. test producing cells). Those cells are capable of producing far more testosterone than your body could ever use or in fact handle. The...

I often read on here posts about people transferring AS into other containers to bring them from mexico. This of course presents a real sterility problem. Thus the thought crossed my mind that it might be possible to obtain a couple of bottles of insulin which are sterile and vaccum sealed...

Blood in the stool can be from a number of causes. Most common particularly in a relatively young person is a ruptured hemorroid due to constipation. This typically is seen as bright red blood. Bleeding from anywhere in the GI tract except the colon will almost never be bright red, it will...

Probably Anaprox which is just naproxen (Aleve).