What is the medicine for the heart attack??!


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Immediately on feeling you have Heart attack you should have NITRO GLYCERIN Tablets. It should be kept below the tongue and allowed to dissolve on its own.

Then you must have immediate medical attention by an cardiologist and he may admit you in an emergency room and give treatments. With each passing minute after a heart attack, more tissue is deprived of oxygen and deteriorates or dies. The main way to prevent progressive damage is to restore blood flow quickly.

Medications given to treat a heart attack include:

* Aspirin. You may be given aspirin by emergency medical personnel soon after they arrive or as soon as you get to the hospital. Aspirin inhibits blood clotting, thus helping maintain blood flow through a narrowed artery. Take an aspirin yourself while waiting for help to arrive only if your doctor has previously recommended that you do so if you have symptoms of a heart attack.
* Thrombolytics. These drugs, also called clot-busters, help dissolve a blood clot that's blocking blood flow to your heart. The earlier you receive a thrombolytic drug following a heart attack, the greater the chance you will survive and lessen the damage to your heart.
* Superaspirins. Doctors in the emergency room may give you other drugs which are somewhat similar to aspirin to help prevent new clots from forming. These include medications such as clopidogrel (Plavix) and others called platelet IIb/IIIa receptor blockers.
* Other blood-thinning medications. You'll likely be given other medications, such as heparin, to make your blood less "sticky" and less likely to form more dangerous clots. Heparin is given intravenously or by an injection under your skin and is usually used during the first few days after a heart attack.
* Pain relievers. If your chest pain or associated pain is great, you may receive a pain reliever, such as morphine, to alleviate your discomfort.
* Nitroglycerin. This medication, used to treat chest pain (angina), temporarily opens arterial blood vessels, improving blood flow to and from your heart.
* Beta blockers. These medications help relax your heart muscle, slow your heartbeat and decrease blood pressure making your heart's job easier. Beta blockers can limit the amount of heart muscle damage and prevent future heart attacks.
* Cholesterol-lowering medications. Examples include statins, niacin, fibrates and bile acid sequestrants. These drugs help lower levels of unwanted blood cholesterol and may be helpful if given soon after a heart attack to improve survival.-

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There are meds that is used to prevent a heart attack like aspirin 81mg (baby aspirin) used once a day or Plavix 75mg also used once a day.
Meds that is used during a heart attack is Nigtroglycerin sublingual (like Nitroquick 0.4mg) that is used as 1 tablet at onset of a heart attack. If not improved after 5 min, call 911 and take another tablet upto 3 tablets per incident with 5 min. intervals.

Umm, it would help if one actually HAD nitroglycerin. If you think you are having a heart attack take baby aspirin and call an ambulance. This is the only common sense answer I can give you.

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