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Monday, May 28, 2012

Aspirin and Heart Attacks



As a survivor of serious heart issues I will be on Aspirin therapy for the rest of my life...and gladly so. Dr. Virend  Somers, is 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 early in the day, generally  between 6  A.M. and noon.  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.
          
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.

FYI:  Aspirin lasts a really long time in your  medicine chest -
for years – and when it gets old,  it smells like vinegar.

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? Heart  Attacks!

Symptoms of a Heart Attack

There are other symptoms of a 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 of sweating profusely;
however, these symptoms may  also occur less frequently.

Note: There may be NO pain in the chest at all 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. Then immediately do the following:

- Call 911 - Say "heart attack!" and that you have taken two Aspirin
- Phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by and tell them the same thing
- SIT! on a chair or sofa near the  front door, and wait for their arrival…DO  NOT LIE DOWN!  

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