Even low-dose aspirin may increase risk of GI bleeding

Monday, September 12, 2011 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

The use of low-dose aspirin increases the risk for GI bleeding, with the risk being increased further with accompanying use of cardiovascular disease-preventing therapies, such as clopidogrel and anticoagulants. In patients who took proton pump inhibitors, bleeding risk decreased.

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