Aspirin has been a popular drug for us seniors for what seems like forever. It has been touted as a cure for our heart problems, particularly cardiovascular diseases. Aside from that, it’s cheap and it appears to be harmless enough to take without thinking of serious side effects the drug may bring. However, due to its popularity, the extent of as to how much aspirin can help seniors with their heart condition tends to get blurry and a bit exaggerated at times which health care providers find alarming enough to warn seniors against it.
Aspirin can help, yes, but for some seniors only—and you also need to consult with your doctor first before starting a daily aspirin therapy especially if you are under medication. Only consider taking aspirin on a daily basis if and when you belong to the high risk group, that is, for heart attack and stroke. If you are really certain aspirin would be very beneficial to your health, then go ask your doctor if it’s safe for you to take it. That’s the only time you can have a safe daily aspirin therapy.
In a nutshell, an aspirin can make your blood thinner thus helping it move smoothly and without a clot. Blood clot, as we know it, can clog arteries leading to heart attack and stroke especially if your arteries have already narrowed due to atherosclerosis. Seniors, do take note, aspirin can only help you IF you are already having problems with thickening blood—and absolutely, 100% confirmed this through tests–and never for normal, flowing blood as it can do more damage than good. Aspirin, when taken on a daily basis, by a normal, average person just paranoid enough to defy all odds, can bring about internal bleeding!
Your need for a daily aspirin therapy would solely depend on how high your risk of having heart attacks and stroke. Also, your blood should be monitored closely and regularly by your health care provider once you started on the therapy. Furthermore, seniors with certain health conditions are recommended against using aspirin as it can aggravate their condition. This includes those with asthma and peptic ulcers, among others.
Once you started on daily aspirin therapy, you should never, at any point during the therapy, stop, unless your doctor instructed you to do so. Sometimes, daily aspirin therapy has rebound effects which increase your risks more. Also, aspirin doses should only range from low dose to regular dose but never a strong dose! A low dose would mean a single baby aspirin, no more than 75mg.