Most health professionals agree that long-term aspirin use to prevent a heart attack or stroke in healthy people is unnecessary. It does not seem to work in people with healthier hearts and blood vessels. But research has found it works only in certain people, specifically those who had a previous heart attack or stroke, or have disease of the blood vessels in the heart. Now studies show that because aspirin thins the blood, it can also help to lower the chances of a heart attack or a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain. Since aspirin was discovered more than a century ago, it has played a major role in treating headaches, fevers, and minor aches and pains for millions of people. Aspirin may seem like a quick-and-easy way to decrease these risks, but it's not as simple as you think. Now you're hearing that it can also lower your risk of a heart attack and some kinds of strokes. You should use daily aspirin therapy only after first talking to your health care provider, who can weigh the benefits and the risks.Īspirin is often thought of as a harmless over-the-counter (OTC) drug that’s been relied on for years to treat pain and fever. Aspirin can prevent these problems in some people but not in everyone, and it has important side effects. Only a health care provider can determine whether regular use of aspirin will help to prevent a heart attack or stroke in your particular case.
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