You may be old if......
Feb 16, 2020 10:49:02 #
Feb 16, 2020 10:52:28 #
Feb 16, 2020 11:01:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That lose dose aspirin is no longer recommended.
Yep, I quit taking it.
will
Feb 16, 2020 11:17:18 #
Feb 16, 2020 11:21:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That lose dose aspirin is no longer recommended.
But I still like the taste!
Feb 16, 2020 11:22:21 #
My doctor has not taken it off my meds schedule. My are you saying ‘not recommended.’
Feb 16, 2020 11:28:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That lose dose aspirin is no longer recommended.
I refused. I’m highly allergic to aspirin. It now causes me severe gastric distress. I took it too often in my youth.
Feb 16, 2020 11:43:32 #
John Matthews
Loc: Wasilla, Alaska
It is a formula of risk vs benifit and depends on what patient population you are in (age, comorbidities, family Hx). The risk include GI bleed, risk of hemorrhagic stroke, kidney damage, possible vision damage, etc. However if you have cardiovascular disease or a high risk stratification for CVD or colorectal cancers, etc then the benefits of low dose daily aspirin (i.e. prevention or slowing of progression) appear to out weigh the risks of daily aspirin.
Feb 16, 2020 12:11:45 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
You may be old if......
Overall, best to just not take all these meds anyway.
Look at the side effects, those are worse than what the medicine is supposed to cure.
Feb 16, 2020 20:34:32 #
John Matthews
Loc: Wasilla, Alaska
That is why you use use a risk stratification. For many people the risk does not out weigh the benefit but if you fall in the high risk group for certain cancers or heart disease, etc. then the benefit out weighs the risk.
Feb 17, 2020 08:15:48 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
I had a NASTY reaction to aspirin. Interesting beginning, I started having ASTHMA when I was 42, several trips to ER. At 55, I had facial swelling and hives, after taking some low dose aspirin. When the nurse told me at the ER " they treat it the same as a heart attack", it got my undivided attention. This was at the third visit to the ER (3 days in a row). I now do not even want to touch the aspirin bottle, or any NSAID, period, ever!
A few years later, after having a surgery, during the middle of the night, a nurse came in, bringing a pain pill. I woke up, asked what it was, Yep!, aspirin... I refused!
A few years later, after having a surgery, during the middle of the night, a nurse came in, bringing a pain pill. I woke up, asked what it was, Yep!, aspirin... I refused!
Feb 17, 2020 08:28:30 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That lose dose aspirin is no longer recommended.
Not for everyone, Jerry. Depends on personal history.
Feb 17, 2020 09:22:25 #
Feb 17, 2020 10:15:18 #
Funny my cardiologist said to stay on the low dose when I asked him about it. Also funny that I am the oldest living member in my family now. I guess its one of those ---If its working don't change it---
Feb 17, 2020 11:04:58 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
From https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/a-major-change-for-daily-aspirin-therapy
"In March, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) recommended against the routine use of low-dose (81-mg) aspirin in people older than 70 who do not have existing heart disease and haven't had a stroke, or in people of any age who have an increased risk for bleeding (from a peptic ulcer, for example, with sores on the stomach lining that can bleed)."
"In March, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) recommended against the routine use of low-dose (81-mg) aspirin in people older than 70 who do not have existing heart disease and haven't had a stroke, or in people of any age who have an increased risk for bleeding (from a peptic ulcer, for example, with sores on the stomach lining that can bleed)."
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