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Updated:23/05/2022 14: 18h
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New guidance from the US Preventive Services Task Force. advises against the daily consumption of low-dose aspirin in people over 60 to prevent cardiovascular events such as heart attacks or strokes.
Low-dose aspirin has been a popular prevention measure, but as more evidence accumulated, its benefits were questioned. The task force concludes that starting daily aspirin in adults age 60 and older has no net benefit and increases a person’s risk of internal bleeding.
However, in adults ages 40 to 59, a daily aspirin might have a small net profitaccording to the task force, which reviewed the most recent studies and weighed the benefits against the risks.
The experts also concluded that there is little benefit in continuing to take aspirin after age 75.
Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death worldwide. Although daily use of aspirin has been shown to reduce the chance of a first heart attack or stroke, it can also increase the risk of bleeding in the brain, stomach, and intestines.
“Based on current evidence, this task force does not recommend that people age 60 and older start taking aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke,” said Michael Barry, professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Since the likelihood of internal bleeding increases with age, the potential harms of aspirin use outweigh the benefits in this age group.”
“It’s important for society to understand that for the vast majority of people without pre-existing heart disease, aspirin provides no net benefit. The harms are approximately equal to the benefits,” Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, told ABC.
The new recommendations are aimed at people who have not yet started taking a daily aspirin. On the other hand, the group of experts did not issue guidance for people who are already taking a daily aspirin, and its recommendations do not necessarily mean that people should stop taking it if it has been prescribed by a doctor.
Recommendations related to daily aspirin to prevent diseases have been changing in recent years. In 2016, the Preventive Services Task Force recommended that people age 50 and older at risk for heart disease take baby aspirin to prevent both cardiovascular disease and heart disease. colon cancer. But updated recommendations based on additional research found that the benefits may not outweigh the risk, concluding that the best prevention of colon cancer is routine screening starting at age 45.
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