Nearly one in three Americans over the age of 60 — roughly 19 million people — take aspirin daily, according to a 2021 study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Should you be among that group?
Like ibuprofen and naproxen, aspirin is an NSAID. It works through a similar mechanism to the other NSAIDs we’ve discussed so far. The recommended dose of aspirin for acute migraine pain is up ...
Background: Owing to its antithrombotic effect, aspirin is widely used for the prevention of ischemic vascular disease; however, treatment is often interrupted, for example before surgery or as a ...
For decades, taking low-dose aspirin (81 mg) every day was widely recommended as an easy way to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But that changed when growing evidence led the American Heart ...
Background Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have higher pancreatic cancer (PC) risk. While aspirin has chemopreventive effects on digestive cancers, its effect on PC among patients with ...
Triptans is a medication that can help relieve migraine symptoms. Research has found it effective, but it’s not for everyone. Migraine is a neurological condition affecting millions of people ...
Using over-the-counter NSAIDs for the occasional headache or achy back won’t typically cause a peptic ulcer. Rather, peptic ulcer disease is something that can occur with longer-term use of NSAIDs, ...