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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Aspirin
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Aspirin
by Carol, Dec 19, 1999 12:00AM
Doctor,
I take a 81mg. tablet of aspirin daily as recomended by a cardiologist a few years ago.
I take the Depo-Provera shot which one doctor says it can increase your chance of having a stroke if you smoke as I do. (one Doc said that it was not as likely to happen as with the pill so I dont know which one is correct) But anyway my question is will the aspirin I take maybe offset the chance of a stroke from the cigarettes and Depo?
Thank you.
I take a 81mg. tablet of aspirin daily as recomended by a cardiologist a few years ago.
I take the Depo-Provera shot which one doctor says it can increase your chance of having a stroke if you smoke as I do. (one Doc said that it was not as likely to happen as with the pill so I dont know which one is correct) But anyway my question is will the aspirin I take maybe offset the chance of a stroke from the cigarettes and Depo?
Thank you.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF CARDIO MD JMF, Dec 20, 1999 12:00AM
Aspirin will not fully offset this reisk. You should do your best or ask for your physicians help to stop smoking.
