Aspirin for Women’s Heart
What kind of pain relief do you usually take? My choice is usually Tylenol with the occasional ibuprofen. When I get older, I’ll consider taking aspirin instead.
Forbes.com reports that although many women would have a lower risk of heart attacks and stroke from a daily dose of aspirin, more than half do not do this as part of their healthcare regimen.
Dr. Nieca Goldberg, chief of women’s cardiac care at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, and author of The Women’s Healthy Heart Program says that aspirin works for:
- Women who already have cardiovascular disease
- Women with multiple heart disease risk factors - diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol
- Women over 65
Dr. Raluca Arimie, a cardiologist at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, in California, recommends an 81 milligram tablet of aspirin as a start for healthy people and up to 325 milligrams for people who’ve experienced a pervious heart attack. Talk to your doctor about the potential for aspirin to improve your hearty life.
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3 opinions for Aspirin for Women’s Heart
Gloria
Nov 7, 2006 at 9:35 am
we do not have tylenol here in the Philippines, but the most common brand of paracetamol or acetaminophen is Biogesic. that’s what i usually take for pain relief. and sometimes the one with ibuprofen (common brand here is alaxan: paracetamol+ibuprofen).
I’m still not sure though if we have aspirin here commonly available. LOL! that i have to check, i think i might need to switch into that in a few years. ha ha! ;-)
Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD
Nov 7, 2006 at 10:45 pm
Gloria: That’s a number of years to come before you or I need aspirin. But time passes so quickly.
Milo Riano
Feb 5, 2007 at 1:21 pm
I drink aspirin daily and I am only 28. Would that be fine? 90 percent of my family died of heart attacks and a cousin of mine died two months ago because of heart attack (He just turned 30)
Most of my family gets diagnosed of heart disease as young as 30, so I decided to take precautions and take aspirin since 25 yrs old.
I hope that’s fine.
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