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Comparing benefits of every-third-day vs. daily low-dose aspirin therapy (2001)

30 pointsby walterbelllast Saturday at 11:10 PM15 commentsview on HN

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sathomasgayesterday at 12:48 AM

Follow up in 2015 with essentially the same conclusions:

"Acetylsalicylic Acid Daily vs Acetylsalicylic Acid Every 3 Days in Healthy Volunteers: Effect on Platelet Aggregation, Gastric Mucosa, and Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis"

https://accp1.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jcph.6...

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polishdude20yesterday at 1:11 AM

What's the benefit of taking aspirin regularly anyways?

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walterbellyesterday at 12:27 AM

This could mitigate side effects (stomach ulcers, bleeding) while retaining most of the benefits.

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dzdtlast Saturday at 11:48 PM

Is there a good heuristic now for which things on nih.gov.or cdc.gov are real science?

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