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Related: About this forumAspirin ineffective in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Doctors should no longer automatically advise patients to take 81mg aspirin per day to prevent heart disease in all cases. It is only effective in some situations. In fact, it may cause more harm than good.
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/172/3/209?rss=1
Conclusions Despite important reductions in nonfatal MI, aspirin prophylaxis in people without prior CVD does not lead to reductions in either cardiovascular death or cancer mortality. Because the benefits are further offset by clinically important bleeding events, routine use of aspirin for primary prevention is not warranted and treatment decisions need to be considered on a case-by-case basis.
tabatha
(18,795 posts)Cocoa consumption suppressed ADP- or epinephrine-stimulated platelet activation and platelet microparticle formation. Cocoa consumption had an aspirin-like effect on primary hemostasis.
Kookaburra
(2,649 posts)If you add sugar or honey or some other sweetener does that lessen the effects?
tabatha
(18,795 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)that aspirin reduces death rate.
Kookaburra
(2,649 posts)no, wait. That's just for pregnancy prevention.