Medicine

Aspirin, can it be taken daily

When some people learned that the aspirin they took for the relief of pain and fever was a good preventive medicine against heart attack and stroke, they self-medicated and took a daily tablet of aspirin.

However, they discontinued when they experienced “sour stomach” … maybe, the precursor of ulcers.  They reduced their intake down to twice-a-week.  They maintained this frequency because they continued to worry that they might suffer a heart attack, just like some of their ancestral relatives. Read More >