Remember when the medical community said there was little benefit to taking baby aspirin?
*Conveniently one of the top side effects of covid vax are blood clots.
Coincidence?
Taking low-dose aspirin as a preventative for heart attack or stroke is no longer recommended for adults age 70 or over, according to guidelines released Sunday.
The recommendations, issued jointly by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, are a reversal of previous guidance that endorsed taking a baby aspirin daily to prevent cardiovascular problems in adults over age 50. The two groups agreed that for older adults with low risk — no prior history of heart attack or stroke — the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding outweighs any heart benefit.
The change comes after a large international study found that even at low doses, long-term use of aspirin may be harmful — without providing any benefit — for older people who have not already had a heart attack or stroke.
“Clinicians should be very selective in prescribing aspirin for people without known cardiovascular disease,” said Dr. Roger Blumenthal, co-chair of the 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, in a statement. “Aspirin should be limited to people at the highest risk of cardiovascular disease and a very low risk of bleeding.”
“For patients without heart disease, the risks of aspirin, primarily bleeding, are significant. For most patients without heart disease at moderate risk, the benefits do not exceed the risks.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/daily-aspirin-no-longer-recommended-prevent-heart-attacks-healthy-older-n984406