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Dr. Orrange received her BA in Biology at the University of California, San Diego, and a Masters Degree in Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. She received her MD from the USC Keck School of…
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Aspirin has well known uses for fever, pain and arthritis. What you may not know is that for a medication that costs pennies a day aspirin given at the onset of chest pain has one of the greatest impacts on reduction of death from heart attack than any other intervention. If that's not impressive enough, in a patient suspected of having an acute stroke a 325 mg aspirin given within 48 hours can improve the outcome.
Who should be taking an aspirin a day and what are the real benefits? For two of the top causes of death in the United States, stroke and heart disease, aspirin plays an important role in prevention but carries some risks of bleeding.
Should healthy people take an aspirin a day? The answer is not necessarily. Men and women with 2 cardiac risk factors or more (male sex, family history of early heart disease, high blood pressure, type II Diabetes and smoking) should consider a daily 81 mg aspirin to significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. For people with a history of heart attack, stroke or mini-stroke (TIA) the reduction in risk of death and future events is even more impressive.
Is aspirin only good for prevention of cardiovascular disease? There is a compelling body of evidence for aspirin decreasing the risk of colon cancer but it requires taking high doses for long periods of time (10-20 years) to see any benefit. Overall, the harms outweigh the benefits of aspirin for prevention of colon cancer so it's not recommended in adults at average risk (including those with family history) and no symptoms.
What is the story with aspirin and miscarriage? There is a roll for aspirin use for some complications encountered during pregnancy. In pregnant women with the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome low dose aspirin has been associated with successful pregnancy outcomes in some studies. There is also an unlabeled use for pre-eclampsia prevention with 60-80 mg a day during gestational weeks 13-26 for women at high risk
It is true that aspirin is good for the skin? Topical preparations of aspirin (salicylic acid) are effective in the treatment of acne, dandruff, warts, psoriasis and eczema, among other things. It works by loosening up dry skin making it easier to remove so other preparations are more effective.
There are many other touted uses for aspirin including removing stains, getting the green out of swimmers hair and easing bug bites, but there isn't much evidence that it works any better than other standard therapies. Ok ok, so it might not work for everything!
Dr O.
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Due to a family history of congestive heart failure and my own evelated homoscytine levels I'm curious as to what if any affect the aspirin I'm taking may have on them.
Thank you
i personally surgest that people speak w thier MD befor takeing asprin & befor starting an asprin thyp. I would recommend 1/2 tablet daily instead of whole tablet to safe guard our liver and stomack lineing and from possiblity of becomeing free bleeder.
Thank you for info.
Salicylic acid is the topical preparation of aspirin. It comes in MANY over the counter formulations (compound W, Callous removers, etc) but you would want to ask your doc or find out about which topical preparation of salicylic acid to use for psoriasis...many of the scalp and skin treatments are salicylic acid..or "topical aspirin" preparations.
Camaim: Vicodin is tylenol and hydrocodone...it does not have aspirin in it so if you fall in one of the above categories where aspirin is indicated it may help
Dr O.
I've been using Aspirin for years, up until the Vicodin was prescribed and swore it worked better than the others(tylenol, motrin, etc). Seems most of the Dr's wanted me to take other things because of the stomach irritation. Think it would work better for the Arthritis, but my pharmacopic knowledge tells me that I should never take Hydrocodone and Aspirin together.....is this correct? As I'd take half a Vicodin and an aspirin instead of just the Vicodin
Thanks so much for your help
Barbara
Dr O.
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i feel that changing your lifestyle (diet, exercise, lowering stress) is a much much better way to prevent heart disease...
google the 'dangers of aspirin' and you'll see what i mean.
http://www.wddty.com/03363800371681...
click on the above link and you'll see that asprin kills thousands of people every year.
medications of any kind are poison. unless u need them, in m opinion, don't take them.
This is a good reminder. Not pushing a brand, but my opinion Bayer really melts fast. Both coated and non-coated aspirin. What about alka seltzer, it contains aspirin?
Dr O.
I take a aspirin once a day,actually it is a baby asprin.