Why to not take aspirin
Advice of a physician- I don’t think, with a healthy lifestyle and moderate health, people will need to take 325 mg aspirin 3 times weekly for preventing cardiovascular diseases. I think there are lots of natural herbs or foods to help to accomplish that. I normally look up what the impact are when I use certain medication. Here is a nice picture based on the info from Brune K. Safety of anti-inflammatory treatment–new ways of thinking. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004;43 Suppl 1:i16-i20. Aspirin is 15:1 ratio inhibition of COX1 and COX 2 and irreversible. “COX-1 enzymes are important in the physiological protection of gastric mucosa – prostaglandins help protect the stomach lining from its acidic environment, maintains blood flow in the mucosa. Inhibition of the COX-1 enzymes is implicated in a marked increase in gastric and intestinal damage in NSAID users versus non-users. This can result in increased intestinal permeability, and inflammatory complications in the GI tract, including symptoms such as anemia, malabsorption, protein loss, ileal dysfunction, diarrhea, and mucosal ulceration.
paper for concern of using NSAIDs for long term. Inappropriate Prevention of NSAID-Induced Gastrointestinal Events Among Long-Term Users in the Elderly.
Look at what COX 1 and COX 2 does in physiology , then you will see potentially long term use of Aspirin will decrease stomach mucus, increase stomach acid which potentially will “weaken” stomach (not even mention what other things COX1 and COX 2 does). I’m not against using aspirin, I think it is good to consider using aspirin when COX 1 and COX 2 is out of balance causing discomfort to people, and use aspirin for symptom control while figuring out why COX1 and COX 2 is out of normal function range per se.
