Aspirin is widely used for pain and heart health—but it can cause side effects. A pharmacist explains what to watch out for when taking this medication.

(San Diego, Calif., December 7, 2003) – The use of low-dose aspirin significantly reduces the risk of thrombosis in patients with polycythemia vera, an abnormal increase in blood cells resulting from ...

Is the use of aspirin contraindicated for primary prevention of heart disease in a patient with stable idiopathic thrombocytopenia whose platelet count has been in the 90,000/µL range for at least two ...

Since aspirin is no longer given to children with varicella or influenza, Reye's syndrome has become a very rare disease in the United States. No cases of Reye's syndrome have been associated with ...

Aspirin 81mg tabs, 325mg caplets; e-c. To reduce combined risk of death and nonfatal stroke after ischemic stroke or TIA. To reduce risk of vascular mortality in suspected acute MI. To reduce combined ...

Aspirin is considered the cornerstone of secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. However, the evidence supporting aspirin was largely generated before the advent of modern pharmacological and ...

Early antenatal exposure to low-dose aspirin neither worsened nor improved kids' neurodevelopment, according to a follow-up study to the multinational ASPIRIN trial. Bayley Scales of Infant and ...

Monotherapy with a P2Y 12 inhibitor after a minimum period of dual antiplatelet therapy is an emerging approach to reduce the risk of bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In a ...

Proven to prevent preeclampsia, aspirin needs to be better embedded in routine prenatal practice, researchers say.