Posted on 03/10/2021 10:20:31 AM PST by Olog-hai
Aspirin, one of the oldest and most widely used drugs, is preventing COVID-19 infections, Israeli scientists have claimed in “exciting” findings.
In the peer-reviewed research, they found that in a sample of Israeli PCR tests, patients who take small doses of aspirin were 29 percent less likely to test positive. They cross-referenced 10,477 results with medical records covering what preventive drugs patients take.
“We were really excited to see a big reduction in the proportion of people testing positive, and this gives a promising indication that aspirin, such a well-known and inexpensive drug, may be helpful in fighting the pandemic,” Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern of Bar-Ilan University told The Times of Israel.
As well as concluding that people who take aspirin, which was developed more than 120 years ago, are less likely to be diagnosed with the virus, Frenkel-Morgenstern hit on another “important” finding: Aspirin users who are diagnosed with COVID-19 are likely to have a shorter illness — by about two days — and be less likely to suffer from aftereffects of the coronavirus, she reported. …
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> they had nearly as few options back then as we have now for Coronavirus.
There are many options for this china flu.
Thanks, had no idea they used that much aspirin.
It was tried during the Spanish flu and didn’t work.
It probably is true...I do a lot of Vitamin D (which apparently is safe, because excess simply washes out).
I’m soooo sick of this nuttiness. I read that yesterday, they “discovered” that fresh air is good for you.
Fauci isn’t happy with anything positive...and neither are his Karen followers.
That’s a preventive dose mostly for heart attacks, because it thins the blood and makes “the big one” less likely.
One of the things about Covid and similar diseases is that they apparently can result in clots and thickening of the blood, so therefore anything that thins the blood is going to help.
If you’re going for surgery, make sure you tell your doctor, because too much bleeding can be the result and this can be dangerous..
Aspirin 81 (i.e., “baby aspirin”) has been part of the daily regimen of millions of Americans for years.
I have been taking one 325 aspirin daily for years.
Killed my buzz.
Just kidding, good to know.
Eh maybe too much of a good thing (aspirin)?
Yeh because its the common cold. 😏
In other words, people like me who do the 81mg aspirin regimen.
“In other words, people like me who do the 81mg aspirin regimen.”
Agree, I also consider the 81mg size to be a ‘small dose’, which is close enough to the 75mg size mentioned in the article.
“I am taking 81mg daily”
Ditto.
#1. I’d rather rely on St. Joseph than St. Fauci.
My other “health” saints are “St. Chicken Soup” and “St. Matzoh Balls”. Never leave home without having some.
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