In fact, the American Heart Association reported in March that an advertising campaign it was linked to may have given consumers the wrong impression. Kaiser Health News first reported on the controversy. It involved a display of brightly colored large bins in hundreds of Walmart stores across the country. Inside the bins were boxes of low-dose Bayer aspirin. The campaign is designed to inspire consumers to live healthier, longer lives.
During February, Bayer was to activate a marketing display at 1, Walmart stores around the country. Sharpe adds the promotion was supposed to run through the end of February. The bins were being pulled when the questions arose. The group evaluated multiple recent studies that showed the benefit of taking daily low-dose aspirin for people whose risk for heart disease was low or moderate was outweighed by the danger of internal bleeding. Eduardo Sanchez , chief medical officer for prevention for the American Heart Association, told Healthline.
In , Saunders was diagnosed with bilateral subdural hematomas, or bleeding on both sides of her brain. Her doctors told her the condition was likely the result of taking low-dose aspirin for more than a decade. Saunders told Healthline that about 15 years before, a routine physical found she had prolapsed heart valves.
First, there was a pain above her left eye. Then she began stumbling and losing her gait. At the time, she was an operating room nurse. However, aspirin did increase the risk for major bleeding. It is likely that other therapies such as the appropriate use of statin medications , more intensive blood pressure control and smoking cessation are more important measures for prevention than taking aspirin.
The best way to assess your risk level is to talk to your doctor about it. Your doctor can help you weigh the risks and benefits to determine if low dose aspirin therapy is right for you. Health Home Wellness and Prevention. Risks of Low-Dose Aspirin Like most medicines, aspirin has side effects. Factors that make preventive use of aspirin dangerous include: Use of other medications that thin the blood A history of gastrointestinal ulcers, bleeding or gastritis Kidney failure or severe liver disease Bleeding or clotting disorders Is there more harm than benefit?
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