Dr. Barry Dworkin

Wednesday House Call  September 13, 2017

Wednesday House Call  September 13, 2017

Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week.

Today:

Your calls about:

  • Using ASA when having a heart attack. Recommendations for urgent treatment before paramedics arrive if a heart attack is suspected
  • Issues about congestive heart failure, use of caffeine, and other medications
  • Twitching muscles in the legs that are not yet diagnosed. What kind of workup should be done?
  • The difference between using Cortef and prednisone, both steroids but with different uses.

Related posts:

  1. Study finds quitting ASA after heart attack increases risk of another
  2. Aspirin is not recommended to prevent heart attack for people who have never had one. The risks and harms exceeds the benefit in this case.
  3. A daily aspirin may lead to anemia in older adults, study says. Adds to reasons within the guidelines why it is not recommended for primary prevention of heart attack.
  4. Aspirin can help reduce risk of second heart attack, but study finds less than half of eligible adults take it