The first sentence in the presser:
"Even short-term use of some painkillers could be dangerous for people who've had a heart attack, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association."
This is confusing. Can you comment on the 81mg daily aspirin regimen prescribed for prevention?
The anti-inflammatory naproxen has some linkage to cardio problems, but baby aspirin?
These folks already had a myocardial infarction, aka "heart attack." Unless they had an allergy to aspirin or another NSAID, they would be taking at least 81 milligrams of aspirin, aka a baby aspirn, for secondary prevention, i.e. to prevent another myocardial infarction. Otherwise, it's malpractice.
Primary prevention with a baby aspirin would be to prevent an initial myocardial infarction when there are enough risk factors, e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes, age, family history, etc.
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Aspirin irreversibly inhibits platelet aggregation. Other NSAIDs reversibly inhibit platelet aggregation, and so interfere with the job done by aspirin.
If you have chronic pain, consider Cobroxin. It's made from cobra toxin. It comes as an oral spray and topical gel. It's over the counter, so it's out of pocket. There are other non-opoiod drugs derived from natural sources in development, e.g. snail poison and a chemically modified marijuana with no psychoactive effects.
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The clarification helped. Thanks.