Post by beebs on Aug 2, 2011 13:08:27 GMT -5
Aspirin and NSAIDs
Touted for many years to "prevent" strokes and heart attacks, the reverse is found. For the last two years or so, several articles show that less than 5% of any population will benefit from taking Aspirin.
Furthermore, Aspirin & NSAIDs have been found to be more causative in strokes and heart attacks for those already suffering from hypertension and cardiac disease.
Recent research show that it was the Aspirin or the NSAIDs CAUSING the stroke and heart attack. ;D Many intelligent doctors are now writing about the hypertension myth, how its being propagated to instill fear, etc. BP alters all the time, and unless it remains extremely high for long period, I don't believe it to be true, that it causes heart attack, and this is based on all I read and my own experience. My BP fluctuates dramatically, but has been mostly 100/70 since the ADRs. I feel acutely ill if it goes up to 120/70... Sometimes, it goes up very high, and the reverse, abruptly. (since the ADRs).
Some doctors are now avoiding prescribing those lowering BP drugs, which will only work for a while anyway, and cause other side effects or "disease state." They use their discretion, and discernment.
It's a case by case decision. Of course, if someone suffers from extremely high BP for long period of time, find the root cause Perhaps try some herbs such as hibiscus tea and whatever else is applicable. Failing this, lowering BP drugs may be appropriate, it should not be the first line of treatment!!
Which reminds me, I have seen published papers about Aspirin prevents breast cancer and Aspirin for depression, lol.
Aspirin becomes a killer when you have a heart problem
Aspirin is supposed to help prevent heart disease – but once you have the problem, the drug can be fatal. People with high blood pressure (hypertension) and coronary artery disease increase their risk of dying by 47 per cent when they take aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs).
The NSAIDs also increase the risk of a non-fatal heart attack or debilitating stroke, researchers have discovered.
To prove that it was the NSAID and not the hypertension that was to blame, researchers from the University of Florida compared two groups who either took an NSAID every day or infrequently.
(Source: American Journal of Medicine, 2011; 124: 614).