Dear Pharmacist: Even baby aspirin has risks
Photo credit: Photos.com | Even a small amount of aspirin, taken daily, can cause some bleeding. There are other avenues for heart health.
A few weeks ago newspaper headlines called aspirin therapy into question. Currently, almost one-third of older Americans take a baby aspirin every day to help prevent heart attacks. And a new study, the headlines shouted, shows that while aspirin therapy does indeed help prevent heart attacks, it also creates other problems. For every heart attack that aspirin therapy prevents, the London study...
