Comments on: Should I Take Aspirin or Put a Gun To My Head?

By: Science-Based Medicine » An open letter to Dr. J. Douglas Bremner

Science-Based Medicine » An open letter to Dr. J. Douglas Bremner — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:34:10 +0000

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By: Doug Bremner

Doug Bremner — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:57:35 +0000

the issue is taking daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack in someone without heart disease, and the answer is that it is basically useless.

By: Therapy Patient

Therapy Patient — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:41:44 +0000

I heard this on Prairie Home Companion on Saturday 3/14 during their “bad jokes” show:

A: I decided to commit suicide, so I bought 50 BOTTLES of aspirin to do the job.
B: What happened? How come you aren’t dead?
A: After I took 2, I felt better.

By: Therapy Patient

Therapy Patient — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:38:50 +0000

What about “safety coated enteric aspirin”? That’s what I use for a headache (though it takes 2-3 HOURS to work for a headache). Do those just cause bleeding farther down, or do they actually prevent bleeding?

By: Doug Bremner

Doug Bremner — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:30:42 +0000

Just saw a Plavix ad on TV. They said it reduces your risk of heart attack and showed some nifty graphics. They should make them say that it reduces it by a fraction of a percent and will increase your risk of bleeding. I am sure then they would take off those stupid ads. Here is my older post on plavix.
http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/01/28/remind-me-why-i-am-on-plavix/

By: Gina Pera

Gina Pera — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:17:39 +0000

That’s an excellent list, Philip — and tasty, too!

By: Philip Rudnick

Philip Rudnick — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:30:25 +0000

There are numerous nutraceuticals with important health benefits which also act as natural, mild and safe anticoagulants/anti-platelet aggregation
A partial list:
Ginger
Turmeric/Curcumin
EGCG in Green Tea
Chamomile
Inositol Hexaphosphate
NATURAL Vitamin E – mixed (4) tocopherols
Aged, odorless garlic (Kyolic)
EPA omega-3 fatty acid
Resveratrol

(references available upon request,or go to Medline -

http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd

and type in “ginger anticoagulant” or “ginger platelet”, “turmeric anticoagulant” or turmeric platelet” etc.)

None of these has the side effects and dangers of aspirin, Plavix or Coumadin.

By: Gina Pera

Gina Pera — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:18:28 +0000

I agree — hooey!

Someone needs to take some of these cardiologists by the hand and provide an anatomy lesson — the heart is connected to the brain is connected to the GI is connected to every thing else in the body. As long as they keep viewing the heart as a standalone organ, they’ll keep dishing out these moronic measures.

Take your fish oil, magnesium, and B vitamins. Get enough exercise and sleep. Forget the aspirin.

By: Gianna

Gianna — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:30:39 +0000

this I will indeed be passing on…thank you!!

By: Heart_Info (Heart)

Heart_Info (Heart) — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 04:59:59 +0000

Put a Gun to My Head or Take Aspirin? | Before You Take That Pill – the other point of view… http://tinyurl.com/cu2l4l