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

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   Many Americans 60 years and older still take daily aspirin to help prevent cardiovascular disease, even though it can pose significant health risks.

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

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   Aspirin may also be used to lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke in people who have already had one, O’Mahony says. But that path is not without risk. “This medication can increase the ...

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

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   A recent survey found that while the number of adults using aspirin to prevent heart disease has decreased, about one-third of adults ages 60 and older without heart disease were still taking ...

5. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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   Aspirin is also used long-term to help prevent further heart attacks, ischaemic strokes, and blood clots in people at high risk. [10] For pain or fever, effects typically begin within 30 minutes. [10] Aspirin works similarly to other NSAIDs but also suppresses the normal functioning of platelets. [10] One common adverse effect is an upset ...

6. Beers criteria - Wikipedia

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   Beers criteria. The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, [1] are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for adults 65 years and older in all except palliative settings ...

7. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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   Mechanism of action of aspirin. Tridimensional model of the chemical structure of aspirin. Aspirin causes several different effects in the body, mainly the reduction of inflammation, analgesia (relief of pain), the prevention of clotting, and the reduction of fever. Much of this is believed to be due to decreased production of prostaglandins ...