Drug-Eluting Stents

[Abalone]

Anyone besides me have one of these installed lately ???

Drug-Eluting Stents ......


I keep reading that they have a higher risk of Sudden Death then the
plain metal ones.

[Thumper]

My son has seven of them (at the ripe old age of 40). Mine is the earlier non-drug version.

I doubt that the FDA approved these if they posed a higher risk of death. But now that you mention it, I feel a lot better about the old technology...

[elron]

I have a couple myself, I 've got a call in to my heart guy to see if he's commenting on that latest study. Sounds like its back on plavix for me maybe but we'll see

[SILVERSINK]

Im going in tomorow to get stints installed for the second time. The first ones were the medicated ones,I dont know what the next ones will be. Iwill have to make that decision tomorow at 11:00

[Thumper]

Good luck Silversink. We'll be thinking about you.

[Seefood Man]

Originally Posted by SILVERSINK

Im going in tomorow to get stints installed for the second time. The first ones were the medicated ones,I dont know what the next ones will be. Iwill have to make that decision tomorow at 11:00

Sir are you 42 yo?? if so what's up that you need stints so soon?
Btw prayers with you as well

[SILVERSINK]

Well I made it. ther was two blocked arteries,( BIG MACS & MEX. WAGONS). The DOC said relaxe & take it easy, so stealhead hear i come! Thanks for the thoughts everyone.

[Abalone]

There has been much written about the new drug eluding stents. I guess the bottom line is they save your life but you can look forward to taking plavix the rest of your life????? . Plavix is expensive if you don't have insurance and Plavix is not without side effects. Bleeding mostly.

Fortunatly I have taken my Plavix and my aspirin everyday since my Stent was installed, but I guess lots of people don't because they hadn't been informed about the need to. Doctors just assume everyone will do like they are told.

For those of you that haven't had heart problems ( Yet ) I highly recommend you take one aspirin everyday and watch what you eat, Especially Saturated Fat and TransFat. If your Cholesteral is High get started on Statins Quickly. I ignord that advice and now I have to take a whole bunch of Meds the rest of my life and they do have bad side effects that you won't like.

I am ready to retire.

Any financial advisors out there ?

[Eagle Eye]

I have 3 stents, one prior to the druged ones and two that are drug coated.
Have a visit scheduled with the Doc next week for a little chat about all this "new" information.
I'll report what I find.
Must admit, it's got me a little shook up.

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by Abalone

Anyone besides me have one of these installed lately ???

Drug-Eluting Stents ......


I keep reading that they have a higher risk of Sudden Death then the
plain metal ones.

The other side of the issue....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1120060322.htm