Daily low-dose aspirin is not a panacea for the elderly
In fact, taking aspirin regularly may harm healthy older people
A daily dose of aspirin? Not a good idea if you’re a healthy elderly adult.
A trio of papers based on a large-scale clinical trial finds that the drug doesn’t help to stave off heart attacks, strokes, dementia or physical disability. In fact, those in their golden years who took a low dose of aspirin daily were more likely to suffer serious internal bleeding than those who took a placebo. The researchers even observed more deaths among those on aspirin, although that result wasn’t statistically significant.