Asprin before diving for good health

I havent heard of any studies with regards to dcs factors .I have been taking a low dose asprin for the past 2 years I think its a benign practice for diving, maybe any doctors like mr.ebersole would comment on this.
 
markdol1 said:
I havent heard of any studies with regards to dcs factors .I have been taking a low dose asprin for the past 2 years I think its a benign practice for diving, maybe any doctors like mr.ebersole would comment on this.
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Personally I take them, especially on open circuit. Notice less head throbbing ... less gas use.

My old man was doc, so was his old man.. always a believer in asprin .. I guess I believe what I'm told - the human body is not designed for underwater. Lots of things happen to the body as mentioned - Follow best practices.
 
tommy lidal said:
i got treated for a dcs2 hit, and no asperin was given..
interresting read.. specialy the bleeding part..
http://www.alertdiver.com/aspirin_and_diving

Also Head trouble would bee signal of Co2 problems..? so a signal i dont want to hide with drugs..
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Deffinetly a good read. Initial studies seem to indicate that asprin reduces the risk of DCS and is also widely used in France to treat DCS.

Another study is suggesting Dark Chocolate 1 hour before dive.
 
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asender said:
Deffinetly a good read. Initial studies seem to indicate that asprin reduces the risk of DCS and is also widely used in France to treat DCS.
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Hello Asender,

I think you are at risk of conveying an inaccurate impression here. The study mentioned in the DAN article described an experiment in rats given a dose of aspirin that was something like 25x that typically given to a human. There were other important differences between the conditions of the experiment and real world human diving, but at the end of the day, the difference in outcome between the aspirin treated rats and an untreated control group did not reach statistical significance. So there is a moderate chance that the apparent difference in outcome occurred by chance. There is certainly no human evidence that using aspirin helps prevent DCS.

It is true that some French centres use aspirin in treatment of DCS, but this is best described as a fashion rather than an evidence-based intervention. Once again, there is no human evidence that aspirin is useful in treating DCS. There are hypothetical advantages and disadvantages of using it, and in the absence of corroborative evidence, its use is not recommended by the UHMS adjunctive treatment committee.

asender said:
Another study is suggesting Dark Chocolate 1 hour before dive.
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This is one of the most over-interpreted studies in diving medicine unfortunately. The work you describe demonstrated a change in flow mediated dilation in upper limb blood vessels after a dive in subjects who had ingested dark chocolate pre-dive. This outcome has only a loose association with bubble effects, and an even looser association with DCS. The finding can only be considered hypothesis-generating at best, and the advocacy for eating dark chocolate pre-diving that has arisen as a result is a great example of a recommendation that is substantially premature. It is an interesting line of work, but much more is required before it can be confidently recommended as a prevention for DCS.

Simon M
 
Interesting article regarding aspirin. It is true that aspirin for some people causes bleeding.
Even low dose of aspirin can cause Intestinal bleeding. However, aspirin therapy reduces the clumping action of platelets.

Not to go off topic here, but there is good data to support drinking lot of Water the day before diving helps prevent diving issues like DCS.


Best regards,
Chett
 
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