Heart problems? Everyone should read

[Big Thick Richard]

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[HardasRock]

Some people have to analyze every fucking word you say on this board. 500mg is a rough amount. Try taking a tab and breaking it in half, if you know how to do that moron.

 

[saltlick]

Yes, there are 81 mg children's aspirin tablets. routinely in the ambulance and ER, adults with MI ("heart attack") symptoms are given four 81 mg tabs to chew, because it hits the system more quickly than 325mg pills in the gut. The aspirin reduces the blood's clotting ability, so that if the MI is being caused by a clot collecting in a cardiac artery, the clot is slowed down and allowed to dissipate. Heart attacks are not only caused by clot collection, but also by spasming arteries or simply congested/plugged up arteries, which all result in diminished blood flow to a portion of the heart, which causes the pain. Aspirin won't do anything for congested or spasming vessels- that's where nitroglycerine comes in, which actually dilates the artery to allow more blood through (the cayenne does the same thing). The pain can come and go with exertion because there may be enough blood getting through to satisfy the myocardium at rest, but as you increase the demands on the heart, the blood supply can't keep up, and the ischemia (oxygen deprivation) occurs, resulting in pain. If ischemia occurs long enough, actual damage occurs, which results in the infarct.

The CPMB enzymes are really only released when heart muscle is damaged, so no amount is good to have. The higher the level, the more the damage.

The pericarditis is definitley painful, but shouldn't result in raised CPMB levels. The heart is surrounded by a sac with a small amount of lubricating fluid inside. Any inflammation in the sac results in acute pain, as the heart is continually rubbing against the fibrous sac, resulting in inflammation. Same principle as an engine, without lubricant, you tear it up.

Just my unsolicited .02

 

[nautica]

I may not be 100% right but I think that everyone using crank should do those 3 things at least once a yr because remember one thing:

Everyone using crank???

Are you talking about using gear or actually using crank (Meth). If you are talking about using crank - I think you are on the wrong board.

 

[HardasRock]

Crank as we call it out here in the flatlands is the same as juice. Different lingo i guess. Good post Saltlick. I found that you can also buy Alka Selzer with 325mg of Aspirin in it. Drink this on an empty stomach and it works really quick.

 

[saltlick]

. I found that you can also buy Alka Selzer with 325mg of Aspirin in it. Drink this on an empty stomach and it works really quick.

Alka Seltzer is a great source - quick like you said, but it also contains sodium bicarbonate, which helps reduce the lactic-acid build up in your body.

 

[liftsiron]

A normal asprin is 325mg one half of that amount is what is suggested by heart specialists. I have had many of the above symptoms. and for good reasons my heart is fucked. About a year and a half ago I had a bad viral infection in my lungs and heart, caused by the flu. I went into kidney failure, respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest, I seem to remember being dead but that is a differant topic altogether. Anyhow I did live and competed in three bodybuilding shows last year, did pretty well to. About three months ago I started getting winded easy and started having chest pains when I worked out. I ended up seeing a heart specialist. My ejection fraction was only 15% less than 25% of normal. Barely enough to keep me alive. My heart is full of scar tissue. I really felt like shit, couldn't do a goddam thing. Now I have been doing some heavy duty meds Atacand and Coreg and I feel pretty good. I'm working out four times a weeks and actually starting to make some good improvments. I'm getting much of my strength back. Like the man said you feel any abnormal pain or tightness in the chest or shortness of breath go see a Doctor asap.

 

[HardasRock]

I'm not that bad yet but I think I caught it early enough to do something about it. I hope you feel better man and anyone reading this, if you get the same symptons go to a dr.

 

[FarBeyondDriven]

They even got 800mg Motrin, which is nothing more than aspirin. I changed docs real quick after hurting my rotator cuff and him giving me freaking aspirin. "I don't have a headache, I am in pain"

 

[athlete03]

This is an excellent post. I'm going to pop some aspirin right now.