You recently wrote about a study regarding aspirin therapy for people with high Lp(a) levels. What is the current thinking?

In acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a prasugrel (Effient)-based antiplatelet regimen passed muster for reducing bleeding without compromising ischemic protection after percutaneous coronary intervention ...

Patients were randomized 1 to 1 to receive either aspirin (100 mg/d) or a placebo in addition to an anti-thrombotic regimen with vitamin K antagonist. The primary endpoint was survival free of ...

They had been randomly assigned to take either 100 milligrams of aspirin or a placebo daily for about five years. In that time, participants’ blood tests showed that the levels of hemoglobin and ...

Within 24 hours after their procedure, patients were randomly assigned to a regimen of indobufen 100 mg twice daily plus clopidogrel 75 mg once daily or aspirin 100 mg once daily plus clopidogrel ...

New study found people who took aspirin before bed had less platelet activity This could mean an aspirin at bedtime would lead to fewer morning heart attacks More research is needed to see if the ...

That remedy is aspirin. Although the over-the-counter (OTC) drug is more than 100 years old, two standard, 325-milligram (mg) aspirin pills resolve most headaches in an hour or less.

What are the side effects of aspirin? Common side effects of low-dose aspirin happen in more than 1 in 100 people. Some people can have serious side effects, such as stomach bleeding or coughing ...

Of these 238 patients, 31 (13%) were considered aspirin users – those who took 100 mg of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug per day. These 238 patients – known as the METACCRE cohort ...

researchers found that regular aspirin use was associated with less incidence of colorectal cancer. A low dose, between 75 and 100 milligrams, was associated with a 10 percent reduction in the ...