date:Aug 01, 2018
More than 10 percent of patients who take low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke may not need it. In some cases, it may even do some harm.
In a 2015 study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas found that nearly 12 percent of patients who had been prescribed aspirin should not be taking the medicine. And because aspirin is available over-the-counter, the team suggests this number may be even higher when co