Brad Stanfield on Aspirin

“Aspirin has an anti-inflammatory effect where it reduces prostaglandin production.”

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“Looking at that 2016 meta-analysis, there was a 22% reduction in heart attacks.”

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“Taking aspirin was associated with an 11% lower risk of things like heart attacks and strokes. This data comes from a meta-analysis that included 13 trials and over 160,000 participants.”

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“Taking daily Aspirin cut your long-term risk of dying from cancer by about a third, according to an analysis of eight randomized controlled trials and over 25,000 patients.”

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“Aspirin at low doses shuts down platelet production of thromboxane A2. In theory, this should release the brakes on T cells and unleash anti-cancer activity.”

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“For Lynch syndrome carriers, Aspirin works at a dose of 600 mg a day, but it needs special medical supervision.”

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“The only times I use it in the clinic is for patients who have very high risk, such as those with a strong family history of heart attacks who smoke and are diabetic.”

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“If your doctor has prescribed Aspirin after you've had a heart attack, stroke, or stent, keep taking it unless they tell you otherwise as that is for secondary prevention.”

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“The other thing that I consider with my patients who do have high lipoprotein little A levels is to consider aspirin because there is some evidence that aspirin used in primary prevention for these patients does seem to have benefits greater than risks.”

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“Aspirin and newer blood thinners such as apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban, they are not affected [by Vitamin K2].”

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“There is a 59% increased risk of serious bleeding outside the brain, such as stomach bleeds, which a Cochrane review rated as high certainty.”

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“If people take aspirin, they may reduce their chances of having an ischemic stroke, however, that benefit appears to be canceled out by an increase in bleeding strokes.”

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“Aspirin use was associated with a 43% higher risk of major bleeding. While the absolute risks here are low, they do increase with age.”

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“Low-dose aspirin does increase the risk of brain bleeds. Overall, it was a 37% increased risk, which equals around two additional brain bleeds per 1,000 people who take aspirin.”

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“Together my patient and I decided to stop taking the aspirin. This can also decrease the need for taking omeprazole as well.”

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“Using aspirin to try and prevent your first heart attack is generally not a good idea.”

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“I told this patient that there's no need to be on aspirin. The clinical guidelines actually suggest that the risks with aspirin outweigh the benefits for those who haven't already had a heart attack or a stroke before.”

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“For people who are otherwise healthy, there doesn't appear to be a massive clear benefit and it does expose us to unnecessary risks.”

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“For the vast majority of patients that I see in the clinic, where we're dealing with primary prevention, we do not use Aspirin.”

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