A recent post about aspirin reminded me of a conversation I had with my
doctor yesterday. She asked me if I was still taking aspirin and scheduled
me for another nuclear stress in January and upped my blood pressure
medicine. I have a slight blockage and she insists on me taking aspirin
although I bleed at the slightest scratch to my arms and had quit taking it
for that reason.

What I wanted to point out is that we older folks get ripped off on things
like children's aspirin. I bought a bottle of 100 Bayer's adult aspirin for
about a dollar or less. My doctor gave me a pill splitter as she prescribes
several medications that have to be split. When you split a 325 mg tablet 4
ways that is a perfect 81 mg children's aspirin. You all know what these
"low dose" aspirins cost. (drug stores are higher) Now I have a 400 days
supply.

Charles T-1 32 years on Lantus and Humalog

"Charlie Owens" <charlesowens@knology.net> wrote in message
news:vobc88o24t81ad@corp.supernews.com...
You can also buy the store brand. I get the store brand at Walmart. I
can't remember what I pay for them, but I do know that they are a lot lower
than the national brand. I'm a klutz and hope I never have to split pills
for myself. When I've split pills for our dogs, I pulverize the pills.

--
Best wishes
Louise

Type 2 since 2000, controlling by diet and exercise

Not a good idea for those who should be taking enteric coated aspirin!

Douglas
"Charlie Owens" <charlesowens@knology.net> wrote in message
news:vobc88o24t81ad@corp.supernews.com...

On 10-Oct-2003, "Doug" <brit102@hotmail.com> wrote:

That's what I take when I fly (to prevent dvt). I can't take normal
asprin but apparently these enteric things don't dissolve till they've
passed out of the stomach. Works for me.

--
Bob
Dx T1 4/4/2003, Insulatard & NovoRapid
(trying zeroish carb - kiddies, do not try this at home)

The cost of adult low strength aspirin (81mg) are so cheap,
I can't imagine anyone going to the trouble to do this.
WalMart or SaveOn have these store brand aspirin in 300
count packages for a few dollars. The cost would certainly
be less than 3 cents a day.


"Charlie Owens" <charlesowens@knology.net> wrote in message
news:vobc88o24t81ad@corp.supernews.com...

<snip>

I get my enteric 81mg at Costco (no this is not an ad)... the Kirkland
store brand.

I get a year's supply for about 7 dollars.

Jennifer

Doug wrote:

Better the pills than the dogs.
I have two, but since they got fat (I guess they really DO look like their master ;-) I don't
have to split tabs anymore.

Steve
Type II since 9/30/03


"louisejoi" <louise@oldglory.com> wrote in message news:Gxihb.30455$k74.25959@lakeread05...

One junior aspirin is ok, but large doses are contraindicated with insulin
or glucose-reducing tablets. Possible hypos you see.

References

Professor Peter Sonksen
Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology
Guy`s, King`s and St. Thomas` Hospitals` School of Medicine
St. Thomas Hospital
London

Dr. Charles Fox
Consultant Physician
Northampton General Hospital

Sue Judd
DSN
St. Thomas` Hospital
London

--
Al.
Idiopathic t1
HbA1c 5.95
Total Chol 2.7
Blood Pressure 105/70
Beef Lente 1x
Beef Neutral 2x

Is it the same for paracetamol?

Ian


"Al Hardy" <a.hardy2@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:bricad$3moqc$1@ID-191168.news.uni-berlin.de...

good old terry wrote:
I am told, by a doctor I used to trust back in the good old 1970`s when I
was not diabetic.
--
Al.
Idiopathic t1
HbA1c 5.95
Total Chol 2.7
Blood Pressure 105/70
Beef Lente 1x
Beef Neutral 2x

Kurt wrote:
Do you have an URL, please? You might well be right, I certainly prefer not
to touch it.
--
Al.
Idiopathic t1
HbA1c 5.95
Total Chol 2.7
Blood Pressure 105/70
Beef Lente 1x
Beef Neutral 2x

"Al Hardy" <a.hardy2@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:bricad$3moqc$1@ID-191168.news.uni-berlin.de:


Funny, my GP said that when I asked about using aspirin as an anti-
coagulant: no more than 75 mg. He didn't connect it with diabetes though.


--
Joe Soap

good old terry wrote:
more urban myth.

http://tinyurl.com/zau9

--
Al.
Idiopathic t1
HbA1c 5.95
Total Chol 2.7
Blood Pressure 105/70
Beef Lente 1x
Beef Neutral 2x

Kurt wrote:
With my inherent cynicism I don`t trust a mere paramedic dxed less than 6
months ago.

Is your HbA1c less than 6mmol yet? Might be, if so good. Is your total chol
below 4 yet? If so good>

Stick around a bit, some of us here were dxed decades ago, you might learn,
but with you inherent arrogance you might not. I remember you claiming on
upsd that dm can cause immediate organ failure. Oh no, it is takes 20+ years
to do it slowly and painfully. Paracetamol used correctly takes at least
that long to cause liver failure.

Al Cynical to my last dying breath.

Many diabetologists prescribe 75mg aspirin per day as a matter of course
since stroke is major danger for T2s.

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:38:09 -0000, "Al Hardy" <a.hardy2@ntlworld.com>
wrote:


A great many suicides are caused by overdosing on paracetamol. The sad
bit is that death is not immediate, but if not treated within a few
hours, the liver damage is irreversible, so the patient dies slowly
over the next few days even though they might have had a change of
heart about killing themselves. Many suicide attempts are in reality a
cry for help, not a genuine desire to end it all. At one time it was
suggested that all paracetamol tablets have the antidote incorporated
into them, so that the more tablets you took, the more antidote you
got, and the whole thing was self neutralising, but nothing ever
happened and the suicides continue.

I had a relative who had a very close shave overdosing with
paracetamol.


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net