As low-dose prophylactic aspirin therapy becomes common among older people, potential risks that are associated with such treatment assume increasing importance. In particular, some clinicians are ...

For years, doctors recommended that older adults at a higher risk for heart attack or stroke take a low-dose ... but the drug ...

Enteric-coated aspirin is associated with delayed absorption and onset of action. Low-dose aspirin (81 mg) is often called ...

Alternative regimen in case of intolerable headaches: switch to 1 cap at bedtime and low-dose aspirin in AM; return to usual regimen as soon as possible, usually within 1 week. Take one cap in the ...

Sandra Rose, a nurse in Raleigh, NC, started taking a daily aspirin because "it seemed like a wonder drug," preventing heart attacks and strokes. "All the patients seemed to be on a low-dose ...

Drugs/Procedures Used Patients taking low-dose aspirin without evidence of peptic ulcer disease at baseline endoscopy were randomized to famotidine 20 mg twice daily (n = 204) versus placebo twice ...

Only take daily aspirin if your doctor recommends it, they advise. Aspirin is best known as a painkiller and is sometimes also taken to help bring down a fever. But daily low-dose (75mg ...