Aspirin

[Dawg52]

Here is another article on the benefits of the good old aspirin. My doctor recommended taking one every other day. Just wondered what your thoughts are on the subject.*

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051107...aliacancerskin

[Outtahere]

I'm allergic to aspirin, can't take it at all.

[Martha]

I take one" baby" aspirin (81mg), bought in bulk, daily. Given my family history of heart disease I thought the possible benefits outweighed the risks. Recently I read that once you have been on aspirin therapy for a long period of time, there is a risk of stroke if you stop. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/510469

[Zipper]

I've taken a standard 325mg aspirin every day for about 20 years.

[SteveR]

Heart disease is the bigger killer in my family so I have taken one regular Aspirin a day for more than 30 years. I guess it must be working since I have not had a heart attack yet. I do believe that the Aspirin and the cholesterol lowering drugs over the last 20 years have both helped. Lifestyle, eating habits, and medication can all help to lower your risk despite being cursed with crappy genes.

So far so good. 8)

[KB]

I tend to be a bleeder, and asprin aggrivates bleeding. I haven't taken one in years.

[Michael]

My thoughts on the subject are to ask you doctor, and do what he says. Some people benefit from aspirin, and others are harmed by it. While decreasing the risk of arteriosclerotic events, it simultaneously increases the risk of problems such as hemorrhagic stroke. Your doctor will be better able to tell you which is the greater risk for you.

[marty]

You might want to try this instead:



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Looks like a spammer has been scanning forums for the word "aspirin."

[HFWR]

Brown 25 capsules, if you're not already full of ****... 8)

[REWahoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TromboneAl Looks like a spammer has been scanning forums for the word "aspirin."

Could be. But you've got to give him/her credit for patience since registering on the forum in April...

[marty]

No, I am not a spammer.

I have an interest in nutritional supplements - I take over 60 daily for general prevention. For most of my adult life I have been interested in nutrition and using food and nutrtional supplements as medicine for prevention.

My feeling is that I would rather spend the money on supplements than at the doctor's office or hospital.

Back to the aspirin. Though aspirin does appear to have definite medicinal value, it also carries some rather unpleasant risks

http://www.chiro.cc/health_page.php?...n_alternatives

(My own physician who has also been my best friend since grammer school takes a daily aspirin and no other supplements)

I suggested Zyfamend because it contains natural cox 2 inhibitors, antioxidants, and anti inflamatories with no side effects. My only association with the product is as a consumer

[JPatrick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trunk No, I am not a spammer.* I have an interest in nutritional supplements - I take over 60 daily for general prevention.* *

60!!!* Damn, somehow that seems like a lot of prevention.*
Call me paranoid, but if I took 60 whatevers daily for my health, I'm sure I'd get run down in a crosswalk by a Mack truck*

[REWahoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trunk I have an interest in nutritional supplements - I take over 60 daily for general prevention.

Other than the obvious (constipation), what do your "60-A-Day" supplements prevent?

[73ss454]

The answer has got to be everything.

Why else would someone take 60 pills.

[moghopper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPatrick 60!!! Damn, somehow that seems like a lot of prevention. Call me paranoid, but if I took 60 whatevers daily for my health, I'm sure I'd get run down in a crosswalk by a Mack truck

By the time I got done with 60 supplements, my day would be over.

I love how some will eschew standard medicine in favor of medicines with all those asterisks.

[Eagle43]

One baby aspirin daily, and the following: senior multi-vitamin, vitamin E, and vitamin C, one Fish oil tablet.

[spike]

I think I could make this a diet, eat 60 pills and unable to eat lunch.

Vitamins can have side effects also. I do take them, but better yet try and eat well. I would like vitamin companies to scientifically prove any health benefit and list side effects. Also have guranteed analysis of the contents of there products.

[marty]

"Other than the obvious (constipation), what do your "60-A-Day" supplements prevent?"

They prevent me from dying of too much accumulated wealth


"Vitamins can have side effects also. I do take them, but better yet try and eat well. I would like vitamin companies to scientifically prove any health benefit and list side effects. Also have guranteed analysis of the contents of there products."


I agree that these are only supplements and not a substitute for a good diet.
I have tried over the years to design the best diet possible.

The benefits of the supplements we take have all been demonstrated and confirmed by clinical study

[wabmester]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trunk The benefits of the supplements we take have all been demonstrated and confirmed by clinical study

Have you been following the latest meta-analyses on antioxidants, for example?* *Even the Linus Pauling Institute is starting to hem and haw a bit.

And the main benefit of aspirin (a natural substance, BTW) in preventing heart attacks is its blood thinning properties.* *Nothing to do with anti-inflamatory effects.* *In fact, aspirin has been shown to have no effects on CRP, which is considered the best measure of systemic inflamation.

Cox-2 inhibitors have no effect on platelet aggregation.