Aspirin: High or Low Dose Following Heart Attack? (blood, cancer, effects)

[Brian.Pearson]

...Researchers analyzed data from more than 11000 patients from around the world that were enrolled in the TRITON-TIMI 38 trial, which randomized ACS patients to receive either clopidigrel or prasugrel, two different antiplatelet medications.Some patients were prescribed high doses of aspirin following a heart attack, while others, low doses. The aspirin dose was prescribed at the clinician investigator's discretion and the analysis included 7,106 patients who received low dose aspirin, defined as 150 mg or less, and 4,610 patients who received high dose aspirin, defined as 150 mg or more. Researchers reported that there was no significant difference observed in the prevention of the combination of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular death or the prevention of stent thrombosis between the groups that received high or low dose aspirin. Prasugrel was more effective at preventing major adverse cardiovascular events than clopidogrel, regardless of whether patients received low or high dose aspirin...

Answer: No difference.

[skel1977]

great to see research dollars being put to good use

[texdav]

The only exceptio is if you need your blood thinned afterwards and they use asprin to do it. That may require a higher dose or even others thinners depedingg on the person as tested for its effects.

[Brian.Pearson]

Low dose Aspirin would help in other ways. May be a toss-up.

[Brian.Pearson]

"A NOSH-aspirin a day may just help keep cancer away"

What began as an effort to make aspirin safer for regular use may have resulted in a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer. Scientists from The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed a new aspirin compound that is safer than the classic medicine cabinet staple, but also exhibits greatly enhanced anticancer properties.