backpedalling on aspirin to prevent heart disease
February 2010
Some experts are backpedalling on aspirin to prevent heart disease.
Aspirin is beneficial for SECONDARY prevention...to prevent a SECOND heart attack or stroke in patients who've already had one.
For these patients, aspirin's benefit significantly outweighs its major downside...the risk of major bleeding.
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