Posted by Quintal on March 4, 2007, at 10:28:38 [reposted on March 8, 2007, at 8:51:30 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Nicotine as a therapeutic medication, posted by linkadge on March 4, 2007, at 9:05:36
Yes, I've read it's a vasoconstrictor and it raises blood pressure - so it's unsuitable for people with heart disease, but I'm not sure nicotine alone causes heart disease or damages it in any way. From what I gathered it is more a combination of the more harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke that thicken blood, raise lipid levels etc, in tandem with nicotine's vasoconstricting effects that makes tobacco smoking so harmful to the heart. I'll have to check and see.
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