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Intake of Aspirin can Do More Harm Than Good for Healthy People

by Sreeraman on August 31, 2009 at 1:51 PM Drug News

Taking aspirin to prevent heart attack can do more harm than good for healthy individuals without any history of heart attack, revealed a study.

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A large number of people - including a substantial number of the "worried well" - take a daily dose of the drug in the belief it will keep them healthy.

However, at a conference for leading doctors, British scientists have claimed that they have found that for healthy people, taking aspirin does not significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack.

The researchers also found that it almost doubles the risk of being admitted to hospital due to internal bleeding.

The findings show that for otherwise healthy people, the risks of taking aspirin outweigh the benefits.

The doctors suggested that the patients who had already suffered a heart attack should continue to take the drug.

They also advised that aspirin could be included in a so-called 'polypill' with an anti-cholesterol statin and a blood pressure drug, which could be taken by everyone aged over 50.

Experts have said that a substantial numbers of 'worried well' take aspirin as a 'just in case' measure believing that because it has been around for such a long time it is completely safe.

The results of the Scottish study have added to the growing evidence that the risks outweigh the benefits for healthy people.

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