Aspirin
Aspirin
is widely taken for the treatment of headache, acute pain, arthritis, fever, and
aches and pains associated with cold and flu. But there is another very
important use of this drug: it can be used as antiplatelet to reduce the process
that causes “clumping” in already damaged blood vessels. Aspirin (at least
75 mg/day), or another platelet modifying drug, therefore should be administered
to virtually all patients with coronary or other atherosclerotic disease. Side
effects from aspirin use are principally allergy, gastrointestinal bleeding, and
peptic ulceration and are lowest in those using 75 mg/day. For these patients as
well as in stroke it would be prudent to continue aspirin therapy for life.
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