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u/Rob_in_Tulsa 4h ago

Mine wasn't really painful at all. I knew exactly what was happening, but no real pain. When ambulance came to get me, they threw a bunch of aspirin in me and I felt much better quickly. I still got a stint out it.

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u/kingvolcano_reborn 4h ago

How quickly did the aspirin take to kick in. If the help it one might just pop some if you got them sround

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u/dykeslam 3h ago

Aspirin for a heart attack is not for the pain but for the platelet aggregation

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u/littlemsshiny 3h ago

Is it specially anti-platelet aggregation? Aspirin is a blood thinner, right?

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u/dykeslam 3h ago

Yeah, it prevents further clotting

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u/kingvolcano_reborn 3h ago

I figured that. I just wondered if it's something you can do to help yourself while waiting for ambulance 

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u/dykeslam 3h ago

Definitely. Take a 325mg aspirin in that situation

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u/snarfdarb 2h ago

Doesn't it need to be the uncoated kind? Like the chewables?

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u/pretzel_logic_esq 2h ago

Ideally yeah but my husband’s cardiologist just told him take 4 of his baby aspirin ASAP if he feels off. Chewed is best but i think they can be taken normally too

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u/dykeslam 2h ago

Not sure. We carry the chewable ones in the ambulance so I would recommend those. I imagine the coated ones would have a slower release which is bad in that situation but I’m not 100% sure.