Healthy people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack are doing themselves more harm than good, researchers have said:
The findings show that for otherwise healthy people the risks of taking aspirin outweigh the benefits. The doctors stressed that patients who had already suffered a heart attack should continue to take the drug. It has been suggested 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 said 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. – from Telegraph