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Some drugs inhibit prostaglandin production. Oral contraceptives, for example, are effective but inefficient. Says Budoff: "You have to take 21 days' worth of pills for 24 hours' worth of relief. And then there are the dangerous side effects" (increased blood pressure, a greater risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease). Aspirin is helpful against mild pain. Most favored today are three drugs used against arthritis: ibuprofen, naproxen sodium and mefenamic acid...
...user becomes hyperaroused." With higher doses and chronic use, the alertness and exhilaration so prized by coke's connoisseurs quickly turn into darker effects, ranging from insomnia to full-fledged cocaine psychosis. Even a single overdose can cause severe headaches, nausea and convulsions-indeed, total respiratory and cardiovascular collapse. Says U.C.L.A. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel: "Extreme cocaine dosages light a kind of fire in the brain...
Cardiologist Thomas James of the University of Alabama in Birmingham anticipates still other strides in basic knowledge. "In the next ten years," he says, "we will understand why artery walls degenerate and why hypertension happens, and develop the means for preventing both." Heredity's complex role in cardiovascular illness will be better understood as well. Says Robert Brandenberg of the Mayo Clinic: "We're probably just on the edge of a whole new series of breakthroughs...
...right if recent progress is any measure. Cardiovascular science has come a long way from 30 years ago, when all that could be done for a heart attack patient was to prescribe rest for four to six weeks. If innovations in diagnosis and treatment continue at the same impressive pace, cardiovascular disease may one day yield its claim to being the nation's No. 1 killer. -By Anastasia Toufexis. Reported by Anne Constable/Atlanta and Dick Thompson/San Francisco, with other U.S. bureaus
...Francisco executives are stretching their muscles to the tune of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, while joggers crowd the indoor tracks of New York City Y.M.C.A.s day and night. More and more corporations are sponsoring physical fitness programs for their employees, often with the hope of improving cardiovascular health. A dramatic expression of national concern about heart attacks occurred when ABC's 20/20 program broadcast a test on coronary risk factors last February. The network asked viewers to rate themselves and send in the results. Some 40,000 responses were expected; instead, the Arizona Heart Institute, which...