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2. Daily low-dose aspirin has its benefits — and risks. Here's ...

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   For years, doctors recommended that older adults at a higher risk for heart attack or stroke take a low-dose aspirin once a day to lower their risk.

3. Many older adults are still taking daily aspirin, even though ...

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   It’s recommended that adults ages 40 to 59 who have a 10% or greater risk of developing the disease in the next decade make individual decisions on whether to start taking a low-dose aspirin ...

4. Many Older Adults Take Daily Aspirin to Cut Cardiovascular ...

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   A 2023 study based on the ASPREE trial also found that a daily low dose aspirin put patients ages 65 years and older at a 20% higher risk of anemia.

5. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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   Low-dose, long-term aspirin use irreversibly blocks the formation of thromboxane A 2 in platelets, producing an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation. [13] This effect is mediated by the irreversible blockage of COX-1 in platelets, since mature platelets don't express COX-2. [14]

6. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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   Low-dose aspirin use irreversibly blocks the formation of thromboxane A 2 in platelets, producing an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation during the lifetime of the affected platelet (8–9 days). This antithrombotic property makes aspirin useful for reducing the incidence of heart attacks in people who have had a heart attack, unstable ...

7. Daily aspirin use among older adults remains prevalent ...

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   Trends in aspirin use among U.S. adults. As noted by the current study, in 2019, there was a change in guidelines for aspirin use based on randomized trial data showing outcomes and risks of long ...