The Japanese Primary Prevention Project proved and published (online November 17, 2014) that "there is no cardiovascular or stroke benefit from a daily dose of aspirin."
This study included the low-dose aspirin designed specifically for heart patients.
The FDA concluded over 5 years ago, that "after a review of the all the literature, the evidence does not support the use of aspirin."
One may say, OK, but hey, aspirin is cheap! Why not take it just in case??
Here's why:
Aspirin can cause hemorrhage, bleeding in the gut, macular degeneration, hearing loss, tinnitus, ulcer, brain bleed, stroke, etc.
5 years after the FDA concluded there is not benefit from aspirin, the American Academy of Cardiology and the American Heart Association issued new heart guidelines.
They hedge their bets by saying...
And...
"Aspirin should be used infrequently in the routine primary prevention of ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk) because of lack of net benefit."
So that is a summary of what I know.
The FDA, the Japanese research, the American Academy of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association have all walked back claims of benefit from aspirin.
Good luck to all.
I decided to take pycnogenol instead, which keeps platelets slippery and tumeric to reduce inflammation. Neither of which has a downside, like brain bleeding or but bleeding or blindness.
To each their own.
“The new recommendation doesn’t apply to people who already have had a stroke or heart attack, or who have undergone bypass surgery or a procedure to insert a stent in their coronary arteries.
These individuals already have cardiovascular disease and should continue to take low-dose aspirin daily, or as recommended by their health care provider, to prevent another occurrence, said Michos, associate director of preventive cardiology at the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland.”
Do take a daily aspirin if you’ve already had a heart attack or stroke or have existing heart disease. “In these people there’s clear evidence that it significantly lowers their risk of a second cardiovascular event,” Goldberg explains. This is because aspirin is an antiplatelet medication, which means it prevents your platelets from clumping together and forming blood clots that can trigger a heart attack or stroke. You also need aspirin if you already have heart disease. “You may not have been hospitalized for heart surgery, for example, but if you’ve had a coronary calcium scan and there’s plaque in your arteries, then you’re considered to have heart disease,” she says. In these cases you’ll still benefit from aspirin.
https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2019/preventive-aspirin-recommendations.html
Me? I am watching my diet and running still. In my 60s and plan to keep running as long as I can. Don’t take aspirin on a regular basis, but have never had a moment’s problem when I do.
When doctors can figure out if a low-carb diet is good or not - and it is the only way I’ve had any success keeping weight off - MAYBE I’ll listen to them on other things. Until then, I eat eggs, drink coffee, avoid sugar & flour, eat veggies, red meat and go for runs.