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Aspirin

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I'm confused now after watching breakfast TV. They were saying that you shouldn't take aspirin unless you've had a heart attack. I was put on aspirin because they thought I'd had a heart attack (a very minor one) when I was in hospital. Three months later they decided that it wasn't a heart attack, it was myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle. They did find some 'slight furring' on one of my arteries when they did an angiogram.

I'm now wondering where I lie in this debate - should I or shouldn't I? Are there others here on aspirin but haven't had heart attacks?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8072215.stm
 
I think you should speak to your Gp. You've come off some medication so you might be able to come off the aspirin aswell.

I don't take aspirin myself and nobody has ever wanted me to.
 
Makes you laugh....my doctor told me to take half an asprin every day......to prevent heart attacks. How can they get it so wrong??
 
sofaraway said:
I think you should speak to your Gp. You've come off some medication so you might be able to come off the aspirin aswell.

I don't take aspirin myself and nobody has ever wanted me to.
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I did speak to her about it and she said I should continue taking it, but really I think it's of very marginal, if any, benefit, and a possible risk - I think she errs on the other side of caution with it. If I'd had an out-an-out heart attack I think it would be much more clear cut! I think it's probably one of those decisions that I'll have to use my own judgement on.
 
The currently reported study is a re-analysis of previous studies. Seems sensible to check advice periodically.

However, best not to change actions without checking with GP, as advice might be different for people with and without diabetes. News broadcasts / newspaper reports only give the key points, not everything in a scientific paper or report which may be many pages long.
 
I started out on aspirin with diagnosis but stopped 6/12 ago following a review with my GP who felt that as my blood pressure and lipids ok, my weight going down, exercise going up and diet generally good (except for the cheese moments!) and no hint of heart problems that the evidence no longer merited me taking it
 
Vanessa said:
I started out on aspirin with diagnosis but stopped 6/12 ago following a review with my GP who felt that as my blood pressure and lipids ok, my weight going down, exercise going up and diet generally good (except for the cheese moments!) and no hint of heart problems that the evidence no longer merited me taking it
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I caught a bit of a BBC programme the other day that said low fat dairy actually helped you to lose weight, so keep eating that cheese!🙂
 
Except that most cheese is not low fat; milk and yoghurt are lower fat dairy.
 
Copepod said:
Except that most cheese is not low fat; milk and yoghurt are lower fat dairy.
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You can't win...as someone on here said that Yogurt was bad for you, because of the sugar content.

Enough to make you live on lettuce:(
 
That said...........I bought my Actifry yesterday........yeh hey!!! chips again, they were greeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttt!!!!
 
DiabeticDave said:
That said...........I bought my Actifry yesterday........yeh hey!!! chips again, they were greeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttt!!!!
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My in-laws had one, chips and roast potatoes are nice in it. But they do have a reputation of blowing up so be careful.
 
sofaraway said:
My in-laws had one, chips and roast potatoes are nice in it. But they do have a reputation of blowing up so be careful.
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Woo Hoo!!!!...........compensation claim to boot....ain't life grand, Two Grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😉
 
The asprin thing, seek advice. i think it depends what is in fashion at the time. If you don't need it then one less pill to pop.
 
I am prescribed an aspirin a day since diagnosis 3 years ago. I don't have heart problems nor high blood pressure or cholesterole. My GP has prescribed it as normal diabetes treatment and everyone I have spoken to agrees with it and even my OH doctor said it is better to be on it than not on it.

I think that it is mixed opinions on it depending on who you come under.

Oh and Dave I have the actifry as well and a brilliant bit of kit. 🙂
 
Hi ya
Yes Im on asprin at the moment. I am going to see my Dr as I was put on them straight away when I found out I had diabetes 2 - along with other tablets - but basically to "stop" any heart attacks or strokes. I have not had a heart attack or stroke yet but agree - why are we on them. I read an article today that Dr's are being awarded incentive payments to help try to reduce blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes. I also read in this article that asprin can cause gastrointestinal bleeding in some patients - hence my visit to the GP as I want off them asap. Ill let you know the outcome of the visit. Sam
 
At yesterdays JDRF meeting - they said they are researching into whether or not to start giving children statins and something else for blood pressure (cant remember what it was) - so it seems that they are trying to prevent onset of heart problems and cholestrol problems in children with type 1 - so my humble opinion would be to keep taking the aspirin.:D Bev



p.s. what is an actifry?
 
loveyouloadsme said:
Hi ya
Yes Im on asprin at the moment. I am going to see my Dr as I was put on them straight away when I found out I had diabetes 2 - along with other tablets - but basically to "stop" any heart attacks or strokes. I have not had a heart attack or stroke yet but agree - why are we on them. I read an article today that Dr's are being awarded incentive payments to help try to reduce blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes. I also read in this article that asprin can cause gastrointestinal bleeding in some patients - hence my visit to the GP as I want off them asap. Ill let you know the outcome of the visit. Sam
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My opinion is that if GP's are on incentive payments to bring down blood glucose readings then isn't this to us diabetics advantage as they will try harder with the treatment etc?

I am quite happy taking an aspirin a day as I think it will do more good than harm - only my own opinion of course. Having said that I have a medication review tomorrow with my GP and she may take me off of them lol
 
I'm not on aspirin and don't like to take anything unless I absolutely need it, (hence, why I don't take statins that it is the GP Practice policy to prescribe all diabetics). Having said that, I do take a supplement called 'vein vine' which I believe has a similar effect! I get these from Healthspan, if you want a description of what they are claimed to do.
 
runner said:
I'm not on aspirin and don't like to take anything unless I absolutely need it, (hence, why I don't take statins that it is the GP Practice policy to prescribe all diabetics). Having said that, I do take a supplement called 'vein vine' which I believe has a similar effect! I get these from Healthspan, if you want a description of what they are claimed to do.
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I recently went on statins. Every time I've had a blood test my GP has said you cholesterol is a bit on the high said, and I've said OK what do we do about it since I don't eat meat. I didn't get any pills until the DSN actually told me I should have statins and had it put on my medical notes, even then the ******* idiot was reluctant to give me a prescription and I felt he was only doing it because someone else said he should.
 
Caroline said:
I recently went on statins. Every time I've had a blood test my GP has said you cholesterol is a bit on the high said, and I've said OK what do we do about it since I don't eat meat. I didn't get any pills until the DSN actually told me I should have statins and had it put on my medical notes, even then the ******* idiot was reluctant to give me a prescription and I felt he was only doing it because someone else said he should.
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You don't have a lot of faith in your GP do you Caroline!😉 I'm not convinced about statins, in much the same way as I'm not convinced about aspirin. My cholesterol was 2.4 when I was on statins. Because I was getting side effects from something and we were trying to determine what it was I stopped talking them for a month. My cholesterol went up to 3.7 - still very much an acceptable figure for a diabetic, as they like us to be under 4.0. I went back on them and went back to a level of 2.4. But they say that, even if your cholesterol level is good the statins still help protect you. I'm just not too keen on drugs I guess - these things have quite major effects on your body's systems, and it just seems very crude and drastic sometimes to alter your body's chemistry in this way.
 
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