Thursday, July 05, 2012

Major Bleeding With Aspirin in Primary Prevention Underestimated

And how many times have you been told to take aspirin?
Aspirin use in a large population-based cohort of primary-prevention patients is associated with an increased risk of major gastrointestinal bleeding and cerebral bleeding episodes, and this increased rate of bleeding is higher than previously reported in randomized, prospective clinical trials, according to the results of a new study.
Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?

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