My mom is considering daily aspirin therapy to help prevent heart attacks. Does taking an aspirin once a day really prevent heart attacks?
2007-08-30 06:04:34 · 7 answers · asked by Curious_lee 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
As the FDA says, "deciding to take an aspirin a day is not as simple as it may seem." Side-effects are a big problem, but an even bigger one is that aspirin therapy does not work for everyone. Interestingly, there is now a test you can take to determine if the therapy will work for you at all. It's called the AspirinWorks test. You do not need a physician referral to order the test, so this could be a good way to find out if aspirin therapy is even an option for her without going to the time and expense of a doctor visit. However, it is important for her to consult with her doctor before beginning a program of daily aspirin therapy, because there are many other factors to consider, and her doctor should be the deciding factor whether to begin taking an aspirin a day. Good luck to your mom!
2007-08-30 06:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by Austin T 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-21 05:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by Stanley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aspirin Therapy has never been proven to prevent heart attacks, EXCEPT when taken at the time symptoms of angina begin! This is a great hoax. Besides GI bleeds, renal failure, and the tell tale bruising over the skin (also happening internally, as this is a systemic effect, not just a dermatological effect), no one ever discusses that aspirin therapy, due to the inhibition of platelet development and the clotting mechanism, also INCREASES the incident of stroke.
2016-02-12 11:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by straightenup 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...81 mg. of aspirin is actually recommended by the A.H.A. as a treatment for heart disease. Aspirin is a blood thinner and makes blood easier for the heart to pump it. Aslo, in the matter of heart attacks, it is great to have on hand to gine someone that is having a heart attack to thin the blood and make survival rates go up. Check with a doctor before beginning any aspirin regime as it sometimes causes people to bleed easier and causes ulcers, not to mention allergies to asa.
2016-04-02 07:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not universally.
It's a targeted therapy, only for people who have already had one heart attack or clot-related stroke or who at are high risk.
Continual aspirin can have side effects, and can interact with other drugs, so no one should just start doing this without talking to their physician first.
2007-08-30 06:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by transplant mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to a greater extent, "aspirin one a day" will do after meal, but exclude gastritis and other diseases of Upper tract first.
Lucky man, that you have your mother, take good care of her.
2007-08-30 08:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes low dose aspirin (150mg daily) decrease the incidence of getting heart attack because it decrease blood viscosity and decrease platelet aggregation but don't rise the dose above200mg because it may cause peptic ulcer
2007-08-30 07:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Dr.amr helmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋