Thursday, December 27, 2012

Coated Aspirin Benefits Questioned | Essentials

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Coated Aspirin Benefits Questioned

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Coated aspirin may lose some of its cardiovascular benefits because it takes longer for the drug to dissolve into the bloodstream, a new study suggested. The study of 400 healthy volunteers was designed to uncover whether certain people were resistant to aspirin's blood-thinning effects. Millions of men and women take aspirin daily to prevent blood clots that cause heart attacks and strokes. Instead, the authors from the University of Pennsylvania pointed to the stomach-soothing coating sometimes applied to aspirin as a culprit. The results were published Tuesday in the journal Circulation. Brand-name aspirin maker Bayer, which partially funded the study, took issue with some of the conclusions.

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Dr. Richard Besser

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0"You can even get one of these key-ring gizmos so that you have an aspirin with you all the time," he said. ...
0"You can even get one of these key-ring gizmos so that you have an aspirin with you all the time," he said. "My dad carries one of these."
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Dr. Sam Li

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Anne Coiley

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-0.101228"The authors' suggestion that use of enteric coated aspirin should be questioned, based on these study results, is of concern given the study population and methodology used, neither of which reflect real-world clinical use," spokeswoman Anne Coiley said ...
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Dr. Martha Gulati

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0.0744109"But for primary prevention of heart attack and strokes, I agree with the study findings, and it is very interesting to see this and be aware of this," said Dr. Martha Gulati, ...
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