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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Aspirin Therapy

Study: Nexium reduces ulcers in patients on aspirin therapy

October 02, 2008
Adding Nexium to a low-dose aspirin therapy "significantly" reduces the incidence of gastric and duodenal ulcers in at-risk patients, a new study has found. Patients in the study experienced a 70-percent reduction in the development of ulcers when they took Nexium compared with those who took placebo. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Aspirin and diabetes and primary prevention
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...women with diabetes support the view that low-dose aspirin therapy should be prescribed as a... Read more »

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Confusion and Hysteria Reign Over New Study Showing Limited Aspirin Benefits
By HeartHawk , Health Expert

...with a high risk for heart disease have relied on aspirin as part of their health regimen. ... Read more »

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The JUPITER Trial
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...excluded. And recent studies have suggested that low-dose aspirin therapy, which has been shown... Read more »

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Stopping Aspirin
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...most common over-the-counter pill ever.That pill is aspirin. I took a baby aspirin every morning... Read more »

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What You Can Do to Prevent Heart Disease
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...disease. This is the first time they have recommended aspirin therapy across the board. Many... Read more »

Health Guide

Stroke secondary to carotid stenosis
...stop. Treatment of TIA (transient ischemic attack, "warning strokes") may prevent future strokes. Aspirin therapy (81mg a day or 100mg every other day) is now recommended for stroke prevention... Read more »
Stroke secondary to atherosclerosis
...treated as appropriate. If you smoke, you should stop. Treatment of TIA can prevent some strokes. Aspirin therapy (81mg a day or 100mg every other day) is now recommended for stroke... Read more »
Stroke
...minutes a day if you are overweight. Do not drink more than 1 to 2 alcoholic drinks a day. Aspirin therapy (81mg a day or 100mg every other day) is now recommended for stroke prevention... Read more »
Stroke secondary to FMD
...Awareness of personal or family history of FMD can allow earlier diagnosis of the cause of stroke. Aspirin therapy (81mg a day or 100mg every other day) is now recommended for stroke prevention... Read more »
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
...blood thinners may prevent strokes in some patients who have blood clots or atrial fibrillation. Aspirin therapy (81mg a day or 100mg every other day) is now recommended for stroke prevention in... Read more »

Medications

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This medication is used to reduce fever and relieve minor to moderate pain from conditions such... Read more »

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This medication is used to reduce fever and relieve minor to moderate pain from conditions such... Read more »

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Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle... Read more »

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Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle... Read more »

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Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle... Read more »

Related News

Aspirin effective for more men than once believed
October 02, 2008

Previously, only men with a risk of 10 percent or greater of developing heart disease within 10 years were thought to benefit from aspirin therapy. A... Read summary »

Statins, beta blockers help prevent first heart attack
October 02, 2008

A study has found that patients taking statins or beta blockers were less likely to have a heart attack as the first symptom of heart disease than... Read summary »

Plavix plus aspirin lowers stroke risk
April 01, 2009

According to new research, combining the clot-preventing drug Plavix with aspirin is an effective substitute treatment for people at high risk of... Read summary »

Women Shortchanged on Heart Care
May 27, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? If you're having a heart attack, it's probably better to be a man. University of Pennsylvania researchers who studied men and... Read summary »

Heart Attack Treatment Favors Men
December 16, 2008

By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although heart attack kills an equal number of men and women... Read summary »