Aspirin has been used for many years, it is well-understood, effective, inexpensive and widely available. |
For this reason, while we believe that many more people could benefit from taking aspirin, it is important for patients and their physicians to discuss this issue and weigh the benefits and potential drawbacks of this therapy. |
Further research is required to translate these findings into an improvement of health-care quality. |
This is good news because many of the past studies of the effect of aspirin in preventing cardiovascular events looked only at men, so physicians were reluctant to prescribe aspirin for women because there was little data. |
This is good news, because many of the past studies of the effect of aspirin in preventing cardiovascular events looked only at men, so physicians were reluctant to prescribe aspirin for women because there was little data. |
We now know with certainty that Aspirin is effective in both men and women in reducing cardiovascular events. |
While our analysis showed that aspirin may have different effects in men and women, the relatively small number of heart attacks among women and strokes among men suggest that more research is needed to better understand any differences in cardiovascular response to aspirin. |