Aspirin ineffective in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

[many a good man]

Doctors should no longer automatically advise patients to take 81mg aspirin per day to prevent heart disease in all cases. It is only effective in some situations. In fact, it may cause more harm than good.

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/172/3/209?rss=1

Conclusions Despite important reductions in nonfatal MI, aspirin prophylaxis in people without prior CVD does not lead to reductions in either cardiovascular death or cancer mortality. Because the benefits are further offset by clinically important bleeding events, routine use of aspirin for primary prevention is not warranted and treatment decisions need to be considered on a case-by-case basis.

[tabatha]

1. Drink unsweetened cocoa - it prevents platelets from sticking together.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10871557

Cocoa consumption suppressed ADP- or epinephrine-stimulated platelet activation and platelet microparticle formation. Cocoa consumption had an aspirin-like effect on primary hemostasis.

[Kookaburra]

6. That's interesting

If you add sugar or honey or some other sweetener does that lessen the effects?

[tabatha]

7. I don't know - but as a matter of principle, I limit sugar intake.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. IIRC, no study has ever shown

that aspirin reduces death rate.

[Kookaburra]

3. Maybe if they held it between their knees...

no, wait. That's just for pregnancy prevention.

[Happyhippychick]

4. Beat me to it!

[libinnyandia]

5. Me too!