British experts from the University of Bristol conducted research, during which it was found that pain medication interferes with the process of recovery of the body during a heart attack. Stitching pains arising from a heart attack, in fact, stimulate the process of restoring the human body, and pain medication interferes with this process.

Researchers believe that it is for this reason that people who receive morphine during a heart attack, most often die.

The doctors explained that the pains cause substance P, which initiates the mechanism of attracting stem cells from the bone marrow to the damaged area of ??the heart muscle. Stem cells, in turn, begin creating new blood vessels to feed the important organ with blood.

The main goal of the study, according to scientists, was the creation of effective therapy aimed at restoring damaged tissues of the heart muscle after a heart attack. At the same time, experts noted that the neuropeptide, associated with pain, plays an important role.

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