Low Dose Aspirin Recent Study Contradicts All Previous Beliefs

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I saw this recently on TV and thought I would pass it on. I have been on low does for years but will challenge my doctor on the next visit.
(CNN)It's one of the most well-known tenets of modern medicine: An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away. But according to a trio of studies published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a daily low-dose aspirin regimen provides no significant health benefits for healthy older adults. Instead, it may cause them serious harm.
The primary study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial -- considered the gold standard for clinical trials. Researchers at Monash University in Australia recruited nearly 20,000 people in that country and the United States, with a median age of 74. All of the participants were considered healthy at time of enrollment, with none known to suffer from heart disease, dementia or persistent physical disability.
Half of the study participants received 100 milligrams of aspirin a day; the other half received a placebo. (A typical "low dose" aspirin contains 81 milligrams of the drug).
After nearly five years, the researchers did not observe a difference between the two groups when it came to "disability-free survival." They did, however, document a higher rate of bleeding in the group that received aspirin, compared to the group that received a placebo
 

I saw this study.

I've taken a full-strength aspirin every day for the past 15 years.

The way I read the study was that it noted aspirin is a blood thinner, which is not news, and did not show any difference between groups of aspirin takers and non-aspirin takers.

So I will continue taking an aspirin along with eating an apple, chicken soup, garlic around my neck, etc... in the hope that in combination these things will all help to keep me safe from evil spirits and out of the emergency room.
 
That’s strange. While on duty, I, like all state police, carried plain aspirins as directed by the AMA, in case we came upon someone having a heart attack or stroke. In case of a stroke, we would crush the aspirin and just “feed” it to the person in very small amounts, so not to cause any swallowing distress.

I have also seen commercials on TV telling us that seniors should have some aspirin in their possession at all times.
 

I keep two aspirin in my wallet in case I ever feel like I'm having a heart attack, put them in my husband's wallet too. We never took aspirin on a daily basis, we use supplements that are known to thin the blood a little, like fish oil, etc.

I take 'studies' any more with a grain of salt, it seems if you wait enough years the 'experts' will tell you to do the opposite. :)
 
We carried plain aspirin on the aircraft just in case someone would complain of chest, arm or neck pain. Unless someone is allergic to the chemicals in aspirin, anything is worth a try when they may be about to have a heart attack or stroke.
 
My heart doc told me to take a baby aspirin each day, so I've done it. Is it doing it's job? I haven't the slightest idea but according to him, my having an irregular heartbeat (not Afib at this point) , it's important to keep the blood hopefully free of clots. At my age, I can't see much harm in it?
 
I have taken a 81mg. aspirin for years until recently. I have been having stomach problems and the doctor said
to stop the aspirin and see whether that helps, so far it has, so do I go back on it as a blood thinner to prevent
a hear attack or stroke, or risk a stomach bleed?
 
911 said:
That’s strange. While on duty, I, like all state police, carried plain aspirins as directed by the AMA, in case we came upon someone having a heart attack or stroke. In case of a stroke, we would crush the aspirin and just “feed” it to the person in very small amounts, so not to cause any swallowing distress.

I have also seen commercials on TV telling us that seniors should have some aspirin in their possession at all times.
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You are talking about something totally different. Aspirin at low dose 85 mg is taken daily to prevent strokes and heart attacks. You are seeing what to do in case a heart attack occurs. A whole aspirin is admitted to save the person.
 
Camper6 said:
Never take the aspirin on an empty stomach. Try it with meals. If it works. Go for it.
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Aspirin if taken daily on an empty stomach can result in damage to the inner tissue like an ulcer. There used to be a gangster back in the 30s that ate aspirin like candy everyday and it killed him.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I keep two aspirin in my wallet in case I ever feel like I'm having a heart attack, put them in my husband's wallet too. We never took aspirin on a daily basis, we use supplements that are known to thin the blood a little, like fish oil, etc.

I take 'studies' any more with a grain of salt, it seems if you wait enough years the 'experts' will tell you to do the opposite. :)
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Good point. They change so radically you wonder where those people got their degrees.
 
I'm taking Aspirin daily on the advice of an Opthomologist.
We have recently moved and now my current GP says it's a bad idea. Next month I'll have first appointment with Cardiologist and new Opthomologist.
I'll sees what they have to say.
In the meantime I don't know what to think.
That being said I can recall in 1960-70s Aspirin was in the news for the same reason - stomach bleeding. I take it with meal and believe that mitigates the risk.
 
Since I had a massive stroke years ago my docs say I need that aspirin everyday so I will continue to take it. Its different if you have had a stroke.
 

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