Aspirin a Day Can Kill

Its a fact Dave, meds rely upon developing a "Titer" which,
once achieved can only do one of two things
1promote elimination (like vitamins in excess)

2 They can cause severe reactions like bleeding (If you took, like 2 aspirins every hour to achieve and overload the titer, youu could cause internal bleeding or a special kind of hematoma stroke.

CaN i HAVE YOUR S&W 50 CAL?

I 've never had a .50 caliber handgun.

Quote:

I 've never had a .50 caliber handgun.

I thought that you were going to buy a "Falcon"(? not sure of the model name). Did you deceide against it?

Ok, well, can I have yer 44 mag? I know youve got one of them bad boys

The local cardio wanted to put me back on the Plavix, but it was so damned expensive, that I asked him if I could stay on the coumadin.

I've been on Plavix since March. They told me then that it was scheduled to go generic within 6 months and the price should come down. Nothing yet, and if I have to pay full price once our COBRA runs out I'll be switching to a low-dose aspirin as well.

Excedrin is an over-the-counter headache pain reliever, typically in the form of tablets or caplets. It contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine. (emphasis added)

I'm not trying to browbeat you here, David,

but i mentioned the plateau principle precisely because you said you were taking excedrin.
From the Wikipedia article on excedrin:

Excedrin is an over-the-counter headache pain reliever,
typically in the form of tablets or caplets.
It contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine. (emphasis added)

You should give serious consideration to reducing your intake of that product.

Last week a very dear friend of mine was taken by ambulence to a hospital. She had suffered during one day with diahrea and vomiting. After friends had gotten her cleaned and comfortable, she told me she felt much better. But, she remained very weak. Some thought she was having a second stroke. With some people it may be hard to tell, particularly when the person is desperately seeking to avoid being taken to a hospital. At age 90, she confided to one friend, "I am afraid I will not come back."
Turns out she had been taking an aspirin a day. If I have the facts correct, she had been advised to take aspirin. But, the aspirin had caused internal bleeding and my friend had lost half of her blood. A doctor said that a half aspirin would have been fine. Apparently, she had misunderstood the recommended dosage. Tonight she is in her room with a bleeding ulcer the doctors have not been able to stop. If anybody is considering taking aspirin this way I hope they will consult a doctor first.

As we age, we handle medications differently than we did in our younger days. Metabolisms change and its possible that a decent clinical dose in our 20's could be very harmful in our 70's, and possibly fatal in our 90's.

One of the first symptoms of analgesic overdose is ringing in the ears, so your loss of hearing is quite common. You probably developed a wicked case of Tinnitus due to the aspirin or acetominophen overdose.
Your hearing is a good canary and Id advise you to pay attention when you do those massive doses.

Besides, as set said, youre just pissing away the overdose (unless you timed your dose to take new doses every hour or so --This is a much more dangerous a practice)

my worst symptom was temporary impairment of hearing,
in which I heard people speaking, close up,
but I coud not hear what thay were saying

my worst symptom was temporary impairment of hearing,
in which I heard people speaking, close up,
but I coud not hear what thay were saying

Tinnitus hits people differently. For you, it just closed off hearing with "White" noise.
If I take 2 aspirins I get a ringing in my ears which affects my hearing also.

Regular Analgesic Use Increases Hearing Loss in Men, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2010) — In a study published in the March 2010 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers determined that regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the risk of hearing loss in men, particularly in younger men, below age 60.


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Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in the US, afflicting over 36 million people. Not only is hearing loss highly prevalent among the elderly, but approximately one third of those aged 40-49 years already suffer from hearing loss. Even mild hearing loss can compromise the ability to understand speech in the presence of background noise or multiple speakers, leading to social isolation, depression, and poorer quality of life.

Investigators from Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Vanderbilt University and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston looked at factors other than age and noise that might influence the risk of hearing lose. Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen are the 3 most commonly used drugs in the US. The ototoxic effects of aspirin are well known and the ototoxicity of NSAIDs has been suggested, but the relation between acetaminophen and hearing loss has not been examined previously. The relationship between these drugs and hearing loss is an important public health issue.

Study participants were drawn from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, which tracked over 26,000 men every 2 years for 18 years. A questionnaire determined analgesic use, hearing loss and a variety of physiological, medical and demographic factors.

For aspirin, regular users under 50 and those aged 50-59 years were 33% more likely to have hearing loss than were nonregular users, but there was no association among men aged 60 years and older. For NSAIDs, regular users aged under 50 were 61% more likely, those aged 50-59 were 32% more likely, and those aged 60 and older were 16% more likely to develop hearing loss than nonregular users of NSAIDs. For acetaminophen, regular users aged under 50 were 99% more likely, regular users aged 50-59 were 38% more likely, and those aged 60 and older were 16% more likely to have hearing loss than nonregular users of acetaminophen.

Writing in the article, Sharon G. Curhan, MD, ScM, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues state, "Regular use of analgesics, specifically aspirin, NSAIDs, and acetaminophen, might increase the risk of adult hearing loss, particularly in younger individuals. Given the high prevalence of regular analgesic use and health and social implications of hearing impairment, this represents an important public health issue