{"id":17372,"date":"2021-07-21T14:52:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17372"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:52:35","slug":"does-efavirenz-help-chest-pain-and-acid-reflux-after-smoking-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17372","title":{"rendered":"Does efavirenz help chest pain and acid reflux after smoking meth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hi there<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Unfortunately, the symptoms you are reporting are directly linked to smoking meth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Smoking meth can easily cause irregular\u00a0and faster heart rates, acid reflux\u00a0and prolonged exhaustion\/sleeping, both during and in the days after use. Feeling heart palpitations is a serious caution that you have smoked too much and you need to smoke less. This is a serious risk if you are already taking medication for high blood pressure.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meth can cause\u00a0blood vessels to expand and restrict causing bursts in blood pressure, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke, This includes causing heart problems at a younger age.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Extending the days you use meth might give you short term energy boosts but just delays these symptoms &#8211; and adds to your body&#8217;s\u00a0exhaustion because you are unlikely to be eating or sleeping properly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Keeping hydrated by drinking water might help but I can&#8217;t\u00a0comment on efavirenz.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fom a risk reduction perspective, a safer way to smoke would be to smoke less over a shorter time and to rest and eat properly\u00a0the next day. Better still would be to find a safer way to get high.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The paper below is a technical medical study on Meth use and heart disease that makes these risks clear.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Methamphetamine Use and Cardiovascular Disease<\/b><\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/10.1161\/ATVBAHA.119.312461<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><br clear=\"all\" \/>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a meth user (smoked it) and has used meth for 5 consecutive days. I am also on antiretroviral meds (lamivudine zidovudine and efavirenz). Also taking high blood meds such as irbesartan 300\/5 nebivolol 2.5 and rosuvastatin 10.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, everytime I smoke meth i would experience chest pain on the left side and palpitations but they would subside if I drink 2 bottles or even a bottle of beer. Also I do experience acid reflux too. My friend advised me to take omeprazole 20mg when I want meth to go down faster and I tried it and it works (just for 4 occasions only) But I also notice that I would go down if i would take my ARVS especially Efavirenz.<\/p>\n<p>Question: what causes the chest pain\/heartburn and acid reflix?? Why do I feel sleepy after taking ARVs when Im high on meth? <\/p>\n<p>Thanks!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-drug-interactions","category-recreational-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}