Since the elderly are underrepresented in clinical trials the extent to which this risk influences the benefits of aspirin.
Baby aspirin dosage for elderly.
The study confirmed that a daily baby aspirin increases the.
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.
Warning use by over 75s is leading to 3 000 preventable deaths each year.
The primary risk is bleeding.
Taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks or stroke is ten times riskier for the elderly.
But for older healthy people the risks outweigh the benefits for taking low dose aspirin murray says.
Now a new evidence review suggests that some healthy seniors and middle aged adults might gain a bit of benefit from taking daily aspirin.
Even low dose aspirin can increase the risk of bleeding in the gut.