Aspirin - Safety Warning!
Sep 17, 2018 07:16:36 #
You know how we're supposed to take a low dose of aspirin every day to prevent strokes and heart attacks? Taking an aspirin a day was shown to increase the risk of death. I saw this headline in the Washington Post and Googled it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6173371/Aspirin-doesnt-lower-heart-attack-stroke-risks-increase-bleeding.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6173371/Aspirin-doesnt-lower-heart-attack-stroke-risks-increase-bleeding.html
Sep 17, 2018 07:24:10 #
In general maybe.
But what about conditions like a-fib and a-flutter?
But what about conditions like a-fib and a-flutter?
Sep 17, 2018 07:37:14 #
Sep 17, 2018 07:46:49 #
ole sarg wrote:
One should listen to their cardiologist and avoid pop science.
(As with many medicines, sometimes the benefits are greater than the risks.)
Sep 17, 2018 08:42:31 #
It's a scientifically proven fact the virtually and literally every person that drinks milk, dies. I wouldn't be too concerned about 81 mg of aspirin.
Sep 17, 2018 15:58:08 #
half an asprin a day gives me intermittant nose bleeds....so stopped!
Sep 18, 2018 06:48:33 #
bobforman
Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
I take a regular aspirin every other day. Seems to me the folks who sell baby aspirins seem to think they gain in value the smaller the pill gets. It is a blood thinner and can exacerbate bloody noses if you are prone to them. Also can cause tinnitus if you take enough of the stuff. As for bloody noses a glob of Neosporin in each nostril each morning keep the tissue moist and less likely to crack and bleed. This advice is worth what you paid for it.
Sep 18, 2018 07:24:24 #
I've experienced no know detriments but I'm going to ask my doctor anyway (I'm 82)
Sep 18, 2018 07:53:58 #
It was a low risk population at 100mg per day. Higher risk populations are a different story always check with your doctor. All meds are a risk reward. I am sure someone will dice the study apart. Rich
Sep 18, 2018 08:14:39 #
This just adds to the fact that scientists can produces studies to show anything they want. Low dose aspirin was never recommended for dementia. We always new it caused thinning of the blood, that is why it was recommended for strokes and heart disease. If you are not at risk, you may not need it.
Sep 18, 2018 08:19:41 #
hj
Loc: Florida
You mention that all meds have risks and rewards..... Yesterday My wife and I laughed because of a commercial on TV where the list of side effects took longer to mention than the product description itself. We commented that every day we see one or two newly named medications on TV. Obviously BIG MONEY. We could lower the National debt by applying some kind of advertiser tax on pharmaceuticals advertisements.
ras422 wrote:
It was a low risk population at 100mg per day. Higher risk populations are a different story always check with your doctor. All meds are a risk reward. I am sure someone will dice the study apart. Rich
Sep 18, 2018 08:59:10 #
I never take aspirin, twice it put me in full anaphylatic shock with ambulance rides to the hospital.
I will take my chances on the heart attack part.
I will take my chances on the heart attack part.
Sep 18, 2018 09:20:31 #
Sep 18, 2018 09:59:10 #
They studied the effects of low-dose aspirin on HEALTHY people. You will find bad effects for healthy people for virtually every prescription drug there is. The drug companies have been trying to spread the dangers of aspirin for years, because they can't make any money off of it. Yet psychologists and physicians assistants are permitted to over prescribe a wide range of antidepressants, which are some of the most powerful drugs out there. It's all about making money for the drug companies.
Sep 18, 2018 12:00:57 #
Look at the mortality percentages mentioned in the "study." Of the group taking the placebo, "only" 5.3% died, while of the group actually taking the aspirin, 5.9% died. Given the alleged number of people involved in the study, that's a pretty slim margin, one would think. I wonder what the chances are that this so-called study was generated by someone in the pharmaceutical industry in order to orient more people toward prescription meds rather than OTC aspirin. I had a heart attack 11 years ago, and my cardiologist has me taking an 81mg apirin daily to prevent clotting. If my heart were perfectly healthy, obviously I wouldn't be taking an aspirin every day! Now if the study was done on healthy people, how is it even relevent? And those in the study that took the aspirin, who died, being otherwise healthy, could have died from something not related to the taking of the aspirin.
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