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Francis Reed: I was having some chest pressure and eventually turned into some pain in my chest and it was excruciating pain.
Dr. Dean Edell: Francis Reed wasn't even 40 years old when he survived of brush with death.
Francis Reed: They found that I was really having a heart attack.
Dr. Dean Edell: Having a heart attack or heart disease forces patients to take a new look at life. Medication is one important way to make sure that beat goes on.
Debabarata Mukherjee: There are four classes of drugs that are currently recommended in all patients who present to the hospital either with worsening chest pain or with a heart attack.
Dr. Dean Edell: Those drugs are ACE Inhibitors and Beta-Blockers which lower blood pressure and ease the workload of the heart. Statins to lower cholesterol and anti- platelets which include Aspirin and Plavix to prevent clots.
Debabarata Mukherjee: All four should be started at once rather than individually one at a time.
Dr. Dean Edell: A study at the University of Michigan, found that patients who took one medication from each of the four categories had a 90% lower risk of dying within six months of leaving the hospital than patients who took no medications.
Francis Reed: I think you have to live a heart-healthy lifestyle. Take your medications; eat the right things, exercise.
Dr. Dean Edell: Advice that can help the patients not only survive, but thrive. I am Dr. Dean Edell.
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