Serious illness, surgery, or medical procedure (e.g., cardiac stress test). Stressors associated with takotsubo cardiomyopathy* The main symptoms are chest pain and shortness of breath. (For additional examples, see "Stressors associated with takotsubo cardiomyopathy.") That's why the condition is also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy, or broken-heart syndrome. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a weakening of the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber, usually as the result of severe emotional or physical stress, such as a sudden illness, the loss of a loved one, a serious accident, or a natural disaster such as an earthquake. Movement abnormalities in the left ventricle. No evidence of coronary artery obstruction. Electrocardiogram abnormalities that mimic those of a heart attack. Chest pain and shortness of breath after severe stress (emotional or physical). Most people recover with no long-term heart damage. Research suggests that up to 5% of women suspected of having a heart attack actually have this disorder. More than 90% of reported cases are in women ages 58 to 75. One striking example is the temporary heart condition known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken-heart syndrome, first described in 1990 in Japan. Years of gender-based research have shown that in matters of the heart, sex differences abound. The sale of pseudo medication in the US is limited to a certain amount per month, thus the practice of "smurfing", where multiple people buy the monthly limit of pseudo is often employed.It's named after an octopus trap - and that's not all that's unusual about broken-heart syndrome. In the show the boxes seen appear to be some generic name. In United States, the main product containing pseudo is Sudafed. When problems quickly surfaced with Lydia's supply, Mike also suggested going back to pseudoephedrine, although in this case it was less of a genuine suggestion, and more a way of testing Walt's resolve to go through with a train robbery that would require killing both engineers on-board (though the matter was rendered moot when Jesse worked out how they could steal methylamine from the train without alerting anyone). Walt refused this idea however, and Mike Ehrmantraut was eventually able to solve the problem by extorting Lydia Rodarte-Quayle into supplying them with methylamine. (" Seven Thirty-Seven") Season 5 Īfter the destruction of Gustavo Fring's operation, Jesse suggested to Walt that they temporarily revert to using pseudoephedrine in their cook, as by now the supply of methylamine was also being tightly controlled in response to the popularity of Blue Sky. On watching the CCTV footage of Walt and Jesse's break-in, Hank Schrader initially puzzled over why they chose to steal methylamine, before correctly theorizing that they were crystal meth cooks who intended to use it to remove the production bottleneck that pseudoephedrine caused. (" A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal") Season 2 Walt had already taken this into consideration however, and designed a new cooking process based around methylamine. (" Gray Matter")Īfter Walt made a deal with Tuco Salamanca to supply a large quantity of crystal meth, Jesse pointed out that the difficulty of obtaining pseudoephedrine meant that there was no feasible way that they could make enough to honor the deal. 
Badger was furious that Jesse had wasted such a large amount of the hard-to-obtain substance, and attempted to physically assault him, forcing Jesse to leave him in the desert.
(" Pilot")įollowing Walt's initial refusal to cook a second batch, Jesse had his friend Badger obtain supplies of pseudoephedrine, and used it up in an unsuccessful attempt to replicate the purity of Walt's crystal meth.
During their first cook together, Jesse explained to Walt that pseudoephedrine was the key ingredient in the process, and admonished him not to waste it.
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