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Periodically for the next 32 years, participants reported on a variety of lifestyle and health topics, including their use of aspirin. Regular use was considered to be taking between half a ...

The treatments tested were rivaroxaban 2.5mg twice daily plus aspirin 100mg once daily and rivaroxaban 5mg twice daily, each of which were compared to standard therapy with aspirin 100mg once daily.

The doses have been progressively reduced, from the standard 325 mg pill to ones of 75, 81, or 100mg. The reason? To reduce the risk of bleeding, aspirin’s major deadly side effect.

Patients were randomized to receive either rivaroxaban (2.5 mg twice daily) plus aspirin (100mg once daily), rivaroxaban (5 mg twice daily), or aspirin (100mg once daily).

Long-term use of low-dose aspirin is associated with a 20% increased risk of developing anemia and a decline in blood iron levels in older adults, according to a new analysis of a National Institut… ...

Patients at risk for cardiovascular (CV) events who are prescribed low-dose aspirin (LDA, ≤ 325 mg/day) may become nonadherent to therapy due to reflux symptoms and abdominal pain. [1 ...

But there were few data on women. Now there's been a trial of several thousand female health professionals over 45 taking 100mg of aspirin - versus a placebo - on alternate days for up to ten years.