• sathomasga 3 days ago

    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...

    • chr15m 3 days ago

      Thanks for sharing this!

    • OptionOfT 3 days ago

      I got prescribed 30 days of low-dose aspirin after my hip replacement to prevent clotting. 81mg. At least I didn't have side effects, the other anti-inflammatory made my brain foggy.

      • polishdude20 3 days ago

        What's the benefit of taking aspirin regularly anyways?

        • DougN7 3 days ago

          It’s supposed to help reduce clotting, and thus help a bit to prevent a heart attack, at least that’s what I understood from my heart doctor. Generally you’d take the 81mg “baby aspirins” for this, not a full adult dose.

          • Keyframe 3 days ago

            or in this case one fizzy tablet every three days? Are tehre people doing this long term? Doesn't sound all that compatible with colon.

            • DougN7 3 days ago

              After a heart procedure my doctor told me to take the 81mg daily for the rest of my life. It’s been about 20 years now, with no side effects that I know of.

        • walterbell 3 days ago

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

          • chr15m 3 days ago

            Some research suggests the stomach bleed risk comes from the platelet inhibition itself, which would mean you can't have the good effect without the bad.

            • chr15m 3 days ago

              Hang on, the 2015 study suggests otherwise.

              Daily dose suppressed PGE2 while 3-daily dose didn't.

              > Since PGE2 is involved in gastric healing, we understand that this new approach could be safer and as efficient as the standard daily therapy on a long-term basis.

            • abrookewood 3 days ago

              So in one case you get triple the daily dose (325 mg vs 81mg) every three days. I'm not sure how that would mitigate side effects?

              • walterbell 3 days ago

                From the summary, only small difference between 81mg daily vs 81mg every 3 days, i.e 87% benefit at 33% averaged dosage.

                  325mg every third day: 86% inhibition
                  81mg per day:          85% inhibition
                  81mg every third day:  74% inhibition
            • hn_throw2025 3 days ago

              I would recommend asking your medical practitioner about enteric-coated forms.

              I am nearly nine months into NSAID gastritis from only a week of daily 75mg soluble Aspirin.

              I have had more painful acute illnesses in the past, but the grind of a long-term illness is new to me and it has been absolutely terrible.

              • dzdt 3 days ago

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

                • illini1 3 days ago

                  This is a paper published from 2001 with no bearing on the current political climate.