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

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   Based on all of that, the USPSTF concluded that taking a daily aspirin can increase the risk of having major gastrointestinal bleeding by up to 60% and brain bleeding up to 30%.

3. What Taking Aspirin Every Day Does to Your Body - AOL

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   You may have read or heard about various reports that taking daily aspirin—yes, that old-time resident of your grandmother's medicine cabinet—may have benefits for modern health conditions ...

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

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   Aspirin is a common over-the-counter medication that can help relieve pain and reduce the risk of blood clots. Past recommendations have included taking aspirin to help prevent cardiovascular disease.

5. Pain ladder - Wikipedia

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   "Pain ladder", or analgesic ladder, was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a guideline for the use of drugs in the management of pain. Originally published in 1986 for the management of cancer pain , it is now widely used by medical professionals for the management of all types of pain .

6. Beers criteria - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] They emphasize deprescribing medications that are unnecessary, which helps to reduce the problems of polypharmacy, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions, thereby improving the risk–benefit ratio of medication regimens in at-risk people. [4] The criteria are used in geriatrics clinical care to monitor and improve the quality of ...

7. Equianalgesic - Wikipedia

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   An equianalgesic chart is a conversion chart that lists equivalent doses of analgesics (drugs used to relieve pain). Equianalgesic charts are used for calculation of an equivalent dose (a dose which would offer an equal amount of analgesia) between different analgesics. [1]

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

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   Older adults are still likely to take a daily, low dose aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, even though doing so carries significant risks. Using aspirin to ward off ...

9. Anti-inflammatory - Wikipedia

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   Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) alleviate pain by counteracting the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme. [1] On its own, COX enzyme synthesizes prostaglandins, creating inflammation. In whole, the NSAIDs prevent the prostaglandins from ever being synthesized, reducing or eliminating the inflammation and resulting pain. [citation needed]