Aspirin 'may double life expectancy of cancer patients'

[malaise]

Aspirin is the only medication I take two 81 daily

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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/27/aspirin-double-life-expectancy-cancer-patients-study
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A daily dose of aspirin can double the life expectancy of patients with cancers affecting the gastrointestinal tract, according to a study.

It was already known that that frequent use of aspirin can prevent bowel cancer, but the most recent study also suggests that men and women with a range of cancers who take the anti-inflammatory painkiller experience a significant survival benefit compared with those who do not.

The study of 14,000 cancer patients in the Netherlands found that regular users of aspirin were twice as likely to still be alive after a four-year period as those who did not take the cheap drug.

According to the report’s authors, the impact of aspirin on survival was seen after adjusting for factors such as gender, age, stage of cancer, treatments, and other medical conditions that could have influenced death rates.

[lame54]

1. so now it will be $1000 a bottle

[malaise]

2. Did wonder the same but

from said article

Given that aspirin is a cheap, off-patent drug with relatively few side-effects, this will have a great impact on healthcare systems as well as patients.”

By the way I saw a bottle for $32 at Kennedy Airport two weeks ago

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Odd - aspirin does have a common side effect, and it's gastrointestinal pain

Common side effects of aspirin:

Conditions of Excess Stomach Acid Secretion
Feel Like Throwing Up
Heartburn
Irritation of the Stomach or Intestines
Stomach Cramps
Throwing Up

http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-1082-3/aspirin-oral/aspirin-oral/details/list-sideeffects

Aspirin has long been associated with ulcers.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/peptic-ulcer/pages/causes.aspx

[Greybnk48]

13. I can't take it for these very reasons (in murial's post)

I am allergic/sensitive to all salicylates: in food, aspirin, and nsaids. I wish I could take aspirin for inflamation, but cannot. It is a wonder drug for some people, I wish I was one.

[wordpix]

14. aspirin's good for inflammation but so is med mj

I'll take the latter

[Yavin4]

4. More like $1000 a pill

You think too small. This is America.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. ..

[cui bono]

3. Interesting. I think I'll switch to aspirin for headaches because I also heard recently that

ibuprofen is linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke.

[malaise]

6. Read that too

I remember as a teenager wishing for a headache - I so wanted to know what it was like.

Even now I rarely have headaches.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. If I have a headache

it is guaranteed I have a fever. I just don't get them.

[gvstn]

7. I remember reading years ago...

That if aspirin was suddenly discovered now it would definitely be prescription only. It is powerful. And also natural.

I don't take many painkillers but like acetaminophen for toothaches and ibuprofen for general inflammatory problems. Aspirin I save for minor headaches or less severe pain. (By save I mean if it doesn't work in a week I switch to ibuprofen) I buy the buffered type like Ecotrin.

[tblue37]

8. If either aspirin ir marijuana were discovered today, they would be called

miracle drugs.

[bemildred]

10. They are. Mother nature knows best sometimes. nt

[DFW]

12. (Yeah, and it's good for headaches, too)

We cardiac basket cases are usually told to take a baby aspirin for the rest of our lives.

[wordpix]

15. try low sugar/salt/fats, high raw foods 100% organic

+ exercise. Should help your cardiac probs if you haven't done permanent damage.

[DFW]

16. Already do all that

With me it's genetic, i.e. inherited. Even Jim Fixx couldn't prevent keeling over from a fatal coronary at age 52.

I've been successful at "Beat The Reaper" so far. I'll take it as far as I can. I was lucky with the permanent damage, too. I had a mild heart attack due to a careless assistant to another doctor in 2011, but the cardiologists in both Dallas and Germany said I escaped intact and without damage. When I had it, the cardiologist at the hospital in Dallas said he was sure it was a heart attack, but couldn't understand why my enzyme count didn't go up. There's some enzyme count that shoots up when you have a heart attack, and he couldn't understand that mine stayed at around 300, which is sort of normal. Finally, about 12 hours later, it went up to 1300. I asked if I was supposed to freak out. He laughed, and said no, the patient isn't even allowed to worry unless it hits 8000 or 9000. He said 1300 was barely on the radar.

When I first noticed my problem and had the stents put in 11 years ago, they called my wife in the next morning and explained to her the new rules concerning my diet going forward. No red meat (not a problem), no butter (don't care), no red wine (don't care), no eggs (getting nasty), no ice cream (getting downright ugly) and no cheese (cruel and unusual punishment). Luckily, my wife is a gourmet chef who knows how to make a cod filet poached in water, olive oil and vegetable bullion broth taste like something McCormick and Schmick or Bookbinder's would sell out of every night. If it weren't for her, I'd have been gone long before now.