Aspirin

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Yup at the base of my thumb , tonight I ran into a door knob now I have a large bruize in my left groin area . I swear my doc is gonna think my hubby is beatin me lmao . I seem to have trouble with my left side allot cause that is were all my injuries occur , and I mean from 2003 and on it's just the left sid4e

Re: Aspirin

Welcome, Lynne. You may be thinking of Tylenol aka Acetaminophen.

Those with Hep C and or liver damage must limit the amount to

200 mg a day max.

Acetaminophen can cause further liver damage in higher doses..

Best of luck with your Labs!

Sheena

Lynne Dunahm <lynnefamilyszabo> wrote:

Hi Everyone,I am new to this list, but have been living with Hep C for 2 years now.Question, my doctor just re-prescribe a medication I have been takingfor a while now. This time it is a new brand with aspirin in it. ItI remember correctly aspirin is a big no no for people having Hep C. BTW - I am having my yearly blood work done this week and will leteveryone know what the results are. Hopefully still cleared. Lynne

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Soma is VERY HARD on the liver, Liz.. elizabethnv1 <elizabethnv1@...> wrote: I have been taking Soma's for 10yrs and I never knew they made some with aspirin . I would definitely call your doc and get the straight stuff without aspirin , like you said better safe than sorry . I take it you have some spondylosis( spinal nerve damage) going on also ? It seems to be a common problem with

hep c that and teeth trouble lol Re: Aspirin Welcome, Lynne. You may be thinking of Tylenol aka Acetaminophen. Those with Hep C and or liver damage must limit the amount to 200 mg a day

max. Acetaminophen can cause further liver damage in higher doses.. Best of luck with your Labs! Sheena Lynne Dunahm <lynnefamilyszabo> wrote: Hi Everyone,I am new to this list, but have been living with Hep C for 2 years now.Question, my doctor just re-prescribe a medication I have been takingfor a while now. This time it is a new brand with aspirin in it. ItI remember correctly aspirin is a big no no for people having Hep C. BTW - I am having my yearly blood work done this week and will leteveryone know what the results are.

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Reading my mail backwards again, Oh, MY, that has to hurt, take care of you!elizabethnv1 <elizabethnv1@...> wrote: Not that fast lol I fell and broke my hand yesterday then today ran into the edge of my sliding glass door hehe Re: Aspirin Welcome,

Lynne. You may be thinking of Tylenol aka Acetaminophen. Those with Hep C and or liver damage must limit the amount to 200 mg a day max. Acetaminophen can cause further liver damage in higher doses.. Best of luck with your Labs! Sheena Lynne Dunahm <lynnefamilyszabo> wrote: Hi Everyone,I am new to this list, but have been living with Hep C for 2 years now.Question, my doctor just re-prescribe a medication I have been takingfor a while now. This time it is a new brand with

aspirin in it. ItI remember correctly aspirin is a big no no for people having Hep C. BTW - I am having my yearly blood work done this week and will leteveryone know what the results are. Hopefully still cleared. Lynne Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search. Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone

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I surely agree, you also might want to ask him if there is anything less harsh to your liver.. Here's a good website.. http://www.healthyhepper.com/liverhazzards.htm Sheena Lynne Dunham <lynne@...> wrote: Ok you all, I take Soma for other ailments which is a muscle relaxer, for some reason my doc gave me Soma with Aspirin, so I would now be taking 600 mg a day. I think I will call my doctor tomorrow and see if it was a mistake. I can always add an aspirin here and there if needed. Better safe that sorry, do we agree? Lynne From: Hepatitis C [mailto:Hepatitis C ] On Behalf Of SheenaSent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:39 PMHepatitis C Subject: Re: Aspirin You are fast on the draw, sister, can never get a way with a thing, lol.. elizabethnv1 <elizabethnv1earthlink (DOT) net> wrote: Yeah i saw

that after I already sent the message lol Re: Aspirin Welcome,

Lynne. You may be thinking of Tylenol aka Acetaminophen. Those with Hep C and or liver damage must limit the amount to 200 mg a day max. Acetaminophen can cause further liver damage in higher doses.. Best of luck with your Labs! Sheena Lynne Dunahm <lynnefamilyszabo> wrote: Hi Everyone,I am new to this list, but have been living with Hep C for 2 years now.Question, my doctor just re-prescribe a medication I have been takingfor a while now. This time it is a new brand with

aspirin in it. ItI remember correctly aspirin is a big no no for people having Hep C. BTW - I am having my yearly blood work done this week and will leteveryone know what the results are. Hopefully still cleared. Lynne Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search. Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone

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OMG honey,, maybe you are trying to move too quickly...slow down honey,, elizabethnv1 <elizabethnv1@...> wrote: Yup at the base of my thumb , tonight I ran into a door knob now I have a large bruize in my left groin area . I swear my doc is gonna think my hubby is beatin me lmao . I seem to have trouble with my left side allot cause that is were all my injuries occur , and I mean from 2003 and on it's just the left sid4e Re: Aspirin Welcome, Lynne. You may be thinking of Tylenol aka Acetaminophen. Those with Hep C and or liver damage must limit the amount to 200 mg a day max. Acetaminophen can cause further liver damage in higher doses.. Best of luck with your Labs! Sheena Lynne Dunahm <lynnefamilyszabo> wrote: Hi

Everyone,I am new to this list, but have been living with Hep C for 2 years now.Question, my doctor just re-prescribe a medication I have been takingfor a while now. This time it is a new brand with aspirin in it. ItI remember correctly aspirin is a big no no for people having Hep C. BTW - I am having my yearly blood work done this week and will leteveryone know what the results are. Hopefully still cleared. Lynne Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search. Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. Jackie Jackie

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Actually we have had quite a few members over the years that have been on

what is called aspirin therapy. It can be a good treatment. The problem tends

to be people cannot take aspirin in the doses needed generally to resist

flares....

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Sharlene,

I am certainly not a doctor but if aspirin is all that you are on has the doctor

decided because of your tests that you are not in danger of having joint damage.

Are you going to a rheumatologist?  Just make sure you are protecting your joint

from permanent damage. I suppose if you are going in to a remission stage and

you don't have to take anything else that would be wonderful and I hope that is

the case.

Lea

Subject: ASPIRIN

To: Stillsdisease

Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 9:51 AM

Hi! everyone, I have been just reading all the post hear today, And I would like

to tell you about my meds, Now right from the start I've been put on aspirin,

now it did take

a few weeks if not longer to start working, but when it did it really help, It's

325mg a pill

and some days i will take about 12 pills and some days only 6 just depends on

how I'm feel that day.

It has been about 9 months now, and everything is gone, rash, fevers, swelling,

headache, hair falling out,

tiredness, the one thing that that I'm left with is all over joint pain, now the

aspirin does help to a point

but I still have pain,  I put up with it because I don't what to be put on

anything else, and the aspirin

does do a pretty good job most days, Like the stair's are not my friend's,

walking for to long it's fun, Or sitting

 for to long is not good, it's been hard to try and find just what works for you

because,  I'll do something one

day and I'm fine, then the next time I'll do the same thing and it will upset

everything.

I find it funny when my mother-in-law who is 61 and I'm 34 will try to

compare arthritis  problems

with me LOL! She's cute!! 

Have A Happy Day!

Shar

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Shar:

You are so lucky that aspirin works for you. I tried it when I was

first diagnosed in conjunction with prednisone (doctor didn't know

about it) and it nothing but make me sick. Never being sensative to it

before I just thought it didn't mix well with the steriods. From there

I was told to take ibuprofen (advil) and that WAS helpful for a time.

as a matter of fact I still take it when I'm in between discomfort and

crying from pain. After an hour is it doesn't work I bring out

the " big guns " .

I've heard of people being lucky enough that the simplest stuff works.

As for your MIL comparing arthritis' - you're right, that's too cute!

If it were my MIL...never mind, we won't go there.

Take care and be well.

Ellen

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Well, let me tell you it works to a point with the pain, but for the rest it has

been at bay for sometime

my RH changed mr to advil, and I flair so bad and then we where moving too so

she put me back on

aspirin, it only been about 3 weeks now and last time it took a good 6 weeks to

clear everything up.

I do have prednisone for back up but I really don't won't the dame stuff, I will

stick with the aspirin.

Shar

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To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:42:21 PM

Subject: Re: ASPIRIN

Shar:

You are so lucky that aspirin works for you. I tried it when I was

first diagnosed in conjunction with prednisone (doctor didn't know

about it) and it nothing but make me sick. Never being sensative to it

before I just thought it didn't mix well with the steriods. From there

I was told to take ibuprofen (advil) and that WAS helpful for a time.

as a matter of fact I still take it when I'm in between discomfort and

crying from pain. After an hour is it doesn't work I bring out

the " big guns " .

I've heard of people being lucky enough that the simplest stuff works.

As for your MIL comparing arthritis' - you're right, that's too cute!

If it were my MIL...never mind, we won't go there.

Take care and be well.

Ellen

[Guest guest]

Well, let me tell you it works to a point with the pain, but for the rest it has

been at bay for sometime

my RH changed mr to advil, and I flair so bad and then we where moving too so

she put me back on

aspirin, it only been about 3 weeks now and last time it took a good 6 weeks to

clear everything up.

I do have prednisone for back up but I really don't won't the dame stuff, I will

stick with the aspirin.

Shar

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To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:42:21 PM

Subject: Re: ASPIRIN

Shar:

You are so lucky that aspirin works for you. I tried it when I was

first diagnosed in conjunction with prednisone (doctor didn't know

about it) and it nothing but make me sick. Never being sensative to it

before I just thought it didn't mix well with the steriods. From there

I was told to take ibuprofen (advil) and that WAS helpful for a time.

as a matter of fact I still take it when I'm in between discomfort and

crying from pain. After an hour is it doesn't work I bring out

the " big guns " .

I've heard of people being lucky enough that the simplest stuff works.

As for your MIL comparing arthritis' - you're right, that's too cute!

If it were my MIL...never mind, we won't go there.

Take care and be well.

Ellen

[Guest guest]

My RH, thinks in a years time its will be gone for go, mmmmm.....fall's hope

maybe

or may she thinks she' god LOL!! I know better then that, I'm only 3 months from

the one mark

all I have is the joint and yes it makes me feel like such an old lady, I think

I will go back in to see what

more can be done, Pain in your joint's does that mean also joint damage, We have

move so I have to change

 my RH....it's ok I live in Canada...it's all cover

Shar

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To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:09:27 PM

Subject: Re: ASPIRIN

Sharlene,

I am certainly not a doctor but if aspirin is all that you are on has the doctor

decided because of your tests that you are not in danger of having joint damage.

Are you going to a rheumatologist?  Just make sure you are protecting your joint

from permanent damage. I suppose if you are going in to a remission stage and

you don't have to take anything else that would be wonderful and I hope that is

the case.

Lea

From: Sharlene Rougeau <srougeayahoo (DOT) com>

Subject: ASPIRIN

To: Stillsdisease@ yahoogroups. com

Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 9:51 AM

Hi! everyone, I have been just reading all the post hear today, And I would like

to tell you about my meds, Now right from the start I've been put on aspirin,

now it did take

a few weeks if not longer to start working, but when it did it really help, It's

325mg a pill

and some days i will take about 12 pills and some days only 6 just depends on

how I'm feel that day.

It has been about 9 months now, and everything is gone, rash, fevers, swelling,

headache, hair falling out,

tiredness, the one thing that that I'm left with is all over joint pain, now the

aspirin does help to a point

but I still have pain,  I put up with it because I don't what to be put on

anything else, and the aspirin

does do a pretty good job most days, Like the stair's are not my friend's,

walking for to long it's fun, Or sitting

 for to long is not good, it's been hard to try and find just what works for you

because,  I'll do something one

day and I'm fine, then the next time I'll do the same thing and it will upset

everything.

I find it funny when my mother-in-law who is 61 and I'm 34 will try to

compare arthritis  problems

with me LOL! She's cute!! 

Have A Happy Day!

Shar

[Guest guest]

My RH, thinks in a years time its will be gone for go, mmmmm.....fall's hope

maybe

or may she thinks she' god LOL!! I know better then that, I'm only 3 months from

the one mark

all I have is the joint and yes it makes me feel like such an old lady, I think

I will go back in to see what

more can be done, Pain in your joint's does that mean also joint damage, We have

move so I have to change

 my RH....it's ok I live in Canada...it's all cover

Shar

________________________________

To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:09:27 PM

Subject: Re: ASPIRIN

Sharlene,

I am certainly not a doctor but if aspirin is all that you are on has the doctor

decided because of your tests that you are not in danger of having joint damage.

Are you going to a rheumatologist?  Just make sure you are protecting your joint

from permanent damage. I suppose if you are going in to a remission stage and

you don't have to take anything else that would be wonderful and I hope that is

the case.

Lea

From: Sharlene Rougeau <srougeayahoo (DOT) com>

Subject: ASPIRIN

To: Stillsdisease@ yahoogroups. com

Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 9:51 AM

Hi! everyone, I have been just reading all the post hear today, And I would like

to tell you about my meds, Now right from the start I've been put on aspirin,

now it did take

a few weeks if not longer to start working, but when it did it really help, It's

325mg a pill

and some days i will take about 12 pills and some days only 6 just depends on

how I'm feel that day.

It has been about 9 months now, and everything is gone, rash, fevers, swelling,

headache, hair falling out,

tiredness, the one thing that that I'm left with is all over joint pain, now the

aspirin does help to a point

but I still have pain,  I put up with it because I don't what to be put on

anything else, and the aspirin

does do a pretty good job most days, Like the stair's are not my friend's,

walking for to long it's fun, Or sitting

 for to long is not good, it's been hard to try and find just what works for you

because,  I'll do something one

day and I'm fine, then the next time I'll do the same thing and it will upset

everything.

I find it funny when my mother-in-law who is 61 and I'm 34 will try to

compare arthritis  problems

with me LOL! She's cute!! 

Have A Happy Day!

Shar

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I listened to a podcast from the BBC(I am a Brit in the USA) about aspirin. Its use for "preventing" heart attacks etc. I was hoping it would reference Samter's....alas no. But It was very useful. It mentioned the prevention aspects for various types of colorectal cancer. Very encouraging. The link is as follows:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pxng4#synopsis

Re: Self Desensitization

Thanks for this info -- very useful..

On Jan 20, 2010, at 7:32 PM, stuffyintexas wrote:

OK....here it goes.....hope I don't upset or offend anyone for posting this.

About a year and a half ago, I did some research, and got brave (or stupid) enough to do an aspirin desense to myself.

DISCLAIMER - I don't recommend doing this yourself, as the reactions could be deadly – you could stop breathing, like I almost did.

After much research and planning, where's what I did:

I dissolved an aspirin (320 mg) into 320 ml of water (using a kitchen measuring cup).. Then I used a device that looked like a large eye dropper (that held up to 10 ml of fluid), and measured out the following amounts of "aspirin water" into another glass, and drank it each hour on this schedule:

7 am – prepare epi-pen, teach wife how to use it, have benadryl ready, 911 in speed dial

8 am – pre-medicate - take Advair inhaler, 20 mg of prednisone, and a 10 mg loratadine (claritin) to help reduce the allergic reactions

9

am

– take 1 ml of "aspirin water" (which is a very small amount)

10 am – take 5 ml

11 am – take 10 ml

Noon – take 20 ml

1 pm – take 40 ml

2 pm – take 80 ml

3 pm – take 160 ml

4 pm – take another full aspirin (320 mg) orally

So as you see, by 3 pm, I had taken almost 320 mg of aspirin (a full aspirin), and by 4 pm, 2 full aspirin. I made sure to stir the solution each time so the aspirin was equally distributed in the water. Every ml of water contains 1 mg of aspirin. It was a simple way to get the amounts exact. Notice that each hour the dose is essentially doubled.

I read the average person reacted when the intake was about 80 mg, and sure enough, that is when I reacted – sometime just after the 1 pm dose. I had been walking around the house like nothing was going on, and even thought that I was not allergic to aspirin, but at some point, my chest began to get tight and I developed trouble breathing. I

took the rescue inhaler multiple times, but it didn't help a bit. The reaction worsened to the point that any movement I did aggravated the situation, so I took 2 benadryl and laid down in bed, and was scared to death. It felt like someone had tightened a belt around my chest so tight that I couldn't inhale. Nothing like I had ever experienced before. I sort of fell asleep (due to the benadryl), and about an hour or so later, woke up with a massive headache, congested like I had never been congested, but I continued the treatment by going up to the next dose. A couple of hours later, after I had taken the last aspirin (bringing the total to 640 mg, or 2 full aspirin), I was able to breathe a bit better, but was badly congested. I took a shower and tried blowing my nose, but that wasn't much relief. I went to lay down, and slept until about 8 pm, and woke up feeling a bit better, but still had a headache. After eating a bit and taking another Advair

treatment, I went to bed. It was a long and scary day.

Woke up the next morning, blew all sorts of stuff out of my nose, and behold, could actually slightly smell coffee (that's how I tested my sense of smell, by sticking my nose in a can of coffee grounds). I continued by taking 2 full aspirins a day for about a month, and then dropped to 1 aspirin a day for a month, then continued by breaking the aspirin into 4 pieces and taking 1 piece 4 times a day. That really helped my stomach. And foods tasted fantastic! (after being without a sense of smell for over 3 years).

Where I went wrong was not staying in bed and staying still while going thru the treatment. I was going around the house doing normal things, and when I reacted, it hit me hard and fast. I got some sort of stomach flu while out of town months later, so I stopped taking aspirin and got re-sensitized. The second time I desensed myself, I knew to lay down and lay still, and since

I knew when it was coming, I was ready for it and didn't panic as much. Still had the severe trouble breathing followed by the massive headache, but knew it was temporary, and again, the next day things were fine. I did follow-on desense the second day, and had no reaction.

DISCLAIMER - Again, I don't recommend anyone doing this themselves, especially if you have a tendency to panic when you have an asthma attack. I'm sure each person will react differently, and if the reaction is severe enough, the ambulance won't get there fast enough to do anything for you.

My allergy doctor said I was crazy. I may do it again once I get off these blood thinners, but I also don't want to be taking aspirin (salycitic acid) the rest of my life. It simply cannot be good. So I'm going to keep up with avoiding my allergy triggers, drink lots of water, and eat healthier.

I read about a rapid (over a 3 hour period) that cardiologists do to administer

aspirin to their patients who need to be catheterized but are allergic to aspirin, so this same regiment can probably be used, but on a shorter time period (taking the doses every 30 minutes instead of every hour). I will probably use the 3 hour treatment if I desense myself again.

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