Experts Recommend New Aspirin Guidlines

The United States Preventive Services Task Force said that only some people could take daily-dose of aspirin.

The researchers found that for adults aged 50 to 59 years who have a 10% or greater 10-year CVD risk and are not at increased risk for bleeding, low-dose aspirin should be taken to prevent CVD and colorectal cancer (Grade B recommendation).

“Each person has only one decision to make-whether or not to take aspirin for prevention”, says task force member Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS. “To help individuals and their clinicians make this decision, the task force integrated the evidence about the use of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer into one recommendation on the use of aspirin”.

Aspirin therapy has always been recommended for heart attack survivors.

Although extensively used as a pain-relieving and anti inflammatory medicine, aspirin additionally acts as an antiplatelet drug, which means it will probably scale back the danger of or by stopping the formation of blood clots.

Research investigating the danger of colorectal most cancers amongst day by day low-dose aspirin customers have been additionally analyzed, as was the danger of gastrointestinal bleeding – a recognized aspect impact of long-term aspirin use.

The evaluation confirmed the advantages of low-dose day by day aspirin are smaller for adults aged 60-69.

The daily dose of the drug could help certain people avoid stroke or first heart attack.

Nissen said he believes existing evidence doesn’t support people taking aspirin before they have any cardiovascular problems, especially given the bleeding risks.

“There’s an incredible paradox here”, said Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

“I personally believe that a majority of people taking aspiring are “the anxious well” – people who believe they are at risk, but they really are not”, he said. “You don’t just go to the drugstore and start [taking] aspirin by yourself”. They then prepared recommendations that address different age groups.

A lot of Americans have been popping a baby aspirin everyday with the aim of staying away from heart attacks and recent guidelines from a task force show that those at high risk are doing it right. People should talk with their health care provider to find out if they have health problems that would justify taking aspirin, according to Dr. Douglas Owens, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and a member of the task force. “Second, it recognizes that the decision to take aspirin is complex, requiring an appreciation of not only its benefits against colorectal cancer but also its role in cardiovascular disease prevention and its potential hazards”.

The task force said it will accept public comments on Monday’s draft recommendation through October 12.