L-arginine Supplements Linked to Increased Risk of Death in Heart Patients
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Apowerz6
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A study halted because of seven people died? since when do studies stop when people die? Seven is so low, I wonder if they would have stopped if 3 people died? No seriously now i can honestly say to those neigh sayers who say Larginine is bunk. Its killing people, and you're not getting a pump?
x_muscle
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"In conclusion, L-arginine therapy should not be given to patients following a myocardial infarction. It neither alters noninvasive measures of vascular stiffness nor improves left ventricular function," the authors said.
I dont think it has side effects on helthy active men
I dont think it has side effects on helthy active men
Jay Mc
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Apowerz6 said:
You are joking, right?
If you are researching something and immediately notice a trend towards the treatment group being more likely to experience a fatal outcome if you don't stop the expirament you are a murderer.
If L-arginine gave you "a pump" it owuld decrease workload on the left ventricle by creating systemic vasodilation thereby decreasing vascular resistance and work of the left ventricle. It would decrease the oxygen demands of the muscle tissue because it wouldn't be working as hard and should improve the outcome in an MI. This is why MI victims are given nitroglycerin. If l-arginine worked, other than giving you a pump it would give you a bitchin' head ache (vasodilation of the cerebral vasculature cause increased intercranial pressure) as well as a host of other issues associated with decreasing vascular tone.
bioman
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It's probably a case that Arg is nowhere near as powerful of NO releasing agent as nitrogycerin is. If they were subsituting Arg for NG, then I could see a spike in fatalities simply because the treatment/preventative measure was not enough.
I don't think the study can conclusively state much of anything about Arg use in healthy people or even MI patients other than the fact that they should stick to the tried and true NitroGlycerin.
I don't think the study can conclusively state much of anything about Arg use in healthy people or even MI patients other than the fact that they should stick to the tried and true NitroGlycerin.
