Ischemic stroke the kind caused by a clot or if you ve had a stent or bypass surgery taking low dose aspirin 81 mg daily tends to be a smart move says sharonne hayes m d a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the mayo clinic in.
Baby aspirin dosage for elderly.
Since the elderly are underrepresented in clinical trials the extent to which this risk influences the benefits of aspirin.
Even low dose aspirin can increase the risk of bleeding in the gut.
The primary risk is bleeding.
Warning use by over 75s is leading to 3 000 preventable deaths each year.
In healthy elderly people who never had a heart attack the widespread practice of taking a baby aspirin every day may do more harm than good according to a u s australian study of more than.
Taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks or stroke is ten times riskier for the elderly.
Baby aspirin can help some but not all older adults lower the risk for heart attack and.
But for older healthy people the risks outweigh the benefits for taking low dose aspirin murray says.