A new study from Sweden warns people who are taking a baby aspirin daily to keep taking it unless their doctor tells them to stop.
In Sweden, you need a prescription from a doctor to take a low dose aspirin to help prevent a cardiovascular event. Researchers there looked at over 600,000 people and found that over 3 years about 15% of people stopped taking it. And they found that those patients were 37% more likely to have a stroke or heart attack over the next three years.
The researchers speculated that people stop taking aspirin either because they are forgetful, or that it is causing unpleasant side effects, such as stomach upset.
To prevent stomach upset, the aspirin can be taken with food or an enteric coated aspirin can be used so that the aspirin doesn’t dissolve until it reaches the small intestine.
Or as a spokesperson from the American Heart Association said, people think it’s “just” aspirin, and not that important, and they couldn’t be more wrong.
This is Joan Trimble wishing you wellness.
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