The use of aspirin and other antiplatelet agents has sky rocketed in the past decade as the
indications have widened to include primary and secondary prevention of myocardial and …

Aspirin is an old drug. Some 2000 years ago the Greeks used the bark and leaves of the
willow tree (which contains salicylic acid) to relieve pain and fever. At the end of the 19th …

Although low dose aspirin reduces risk in patients with heart disease, many such patients do
not receive daily prophylactic aspirin. 1 We report a trial of feedback of general practitioners' …

EDITOR—I smiled to read that the jury was still out on aspirin to prevent cardiovascular
disease in elderly people in This week in the BMJ because, of course, there has never been …

Ask any medical student and he or she will tell you that aspirin reduces fever, pain, and
inflammation but may cause ulcers. Students may also recollect that it prolongs bleeding …

Over the next three weeks the journal is devoting 50 pages to overviews prepared by the
Antiplatelet Trialists' Collaboration.* RF1-3* Altogether, some 300 randomised controlled …

Editor—Baigent et al argue passionately for the effectiveness of aspirin but also warn
against the power of prejudice. 1 Perhaps there is more than one reasonable perspective on …

Our previous study found that less than a fifth of patients admitted to hospital with suspected
acute myocardial infarction had been given aspirin by their general practitioner before their …

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EDITOR—None of the authors in the debate for and against the prescribing of aspirin for
those over 50 mentions the growing notion of aspirin resistance. 1 2 This term is used to …