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I believe aspirin would never be approved by the FDA if it was a “new drug”. I still take my 81 mg dose daily.
Poor diet, especially high fat
Are the latest guidelines more Deep State BS?
At this point, I would suspect that the REAL REASON they want people off aspirin is that it actually works.
——aspirin is a blood thinner——
As one who took a 325 mg aspirin tablet for years when I was both diabetic and very heavy, I was free of lots of symptoms that were experienced by my peers.
As I lost weight I became susceptable to bruises on my hands and arms.
I was advised the best course was to cease the aspirin altogether. It took literally months for the bruising to cease. I still get blue marks from various small wacks but no blue arms from just working.
I still carry and recommend carrying an Altoid box with two aspirin to be chewed if I feel a stroke or coronary coming on
90% of older daily aspirin users who have a bleeding incident are also taking a prescription blood thinner!
That personal decision is so stupid, I do not even know what to say.
Are there studies for older daily aspirin users who do NOT take a blood thinner?
My own instinctive guess - the aspirin users are healthier than the non-users.
I have -
1. Type 2 diabetes
2. Borderline high blood pressure
3. My Triglyceride cholesterol is high, NOT good.
4. My LDL cholesterol is low, good.
5. My HDL cholesterol is high, good.
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My diet is pretty healthy.
I get a decent amount of exercise (in warm weather, anyway…)
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My self-prognosis is - I will live, until I no longer do.
And have a reasonably healthy & fun time doing it!
By the way - I’m 60.
Follow the science, but be ready to zig zag.
“…research indicates that about 29 million Americans with no previous heart disease are still taking aspirin for prevention. About 6.6 million do so without a physician’s recommendation.”
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I used to be in that latter group, until these studies came out, when I stopped taking a daily aspirin…then last summer I had a heart attack caused by a blood clot.
I will never know if that heart attack would have been prevented if I had kept taking the aspirin, but I strongly suspect that this is the case. Ironically enough, the 911 operator told my wife to give me 4 baby aspirins to chew while waiting for the paramedics to show up. Now I m on aspirin, another blood thinner (because I have 3 stents), a statin (which I am hoping to get rid of or decrease the dosage of) and blood pressure meds (and my BP wasn’t all that high, but this prevents damage to the arteries that causes further plaque build-up).
Lesson learned: Big Pharma absolutely HATES it when people take cheap OTC meds or nutrients to stay healthy, and they’re willing to spend many millions to finance studies to scare people into stopping such treatment in order to make a few bucks. I will take all such studies with the appropriate seriousness (basically, none) going forward. I advise everyone else to read, read, read to understand medical science as best as possible for their own benefit, and understand how the flow of money affects the studies undertaken and breathlessly reported in the media.
You can always take acetylsalicylic acid instead.
I'm now 86 years old and have no sign of cardiovascular disease.
I have never used tobacco (except for a few youthful indiscretions), hardly drink alcohol at all, eat seafood but no other meat; limit NaCl, cholesterol, saturated fats; watch diet carefully; exercise regularly.
My internist said to me, "You have beaten the curse."
Apparently so.
Every morning I weigh and take blood pressure--three readings in the left arm, three in the right arm, then record and graph the average. This keeps me honest with myself. I take Ozempic 2 mg every week, necessary to keep my weight down though I eat very little--my metabolism!
I used to exercise vigorously, had to stop running because of my knee. I now walk briskly at 3.5 miles/hour on the treadmill for 30 minutes every day. That seems to do it.
My wife has a similar schedule and health status. She taught me a lot about self-discipline.
All this health care pays off. Once you get in the habit, it's easy.
And tinnitus
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