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As for the internal bleeding "risks", I was wondering what the actual numbers were. This is based on one low dose aspirin a day.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/545101_3

"These results translate into an absolute rate increase with aspirin above placebo (the incidence of cases of major GI bleeding attributable to low-dose aspirin) of 0.12% per year (95% CI: 0.07–0.19% per year).[20] Based on this value, 833 patients (95% CI: 526–1429 patients) would need to be treated with low-dose aspirin instead of placebo to cause one major GI bleeding episode during a 1-year period (i.e. the NNH is 833)"

Anyone else care to share quantitative risk numbers?



I don't know about bleeding, but what about the hearing loss that's associated with regular aspirin and other NSAID use?

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100301/Regular-use-of-asp...




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