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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Sep 7 6:42am | Replies (37)
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Tell your doctor you don't want to take the aspirin. He'll say it's okay to go off the Omeprazole...or should. As long as you are prepared to accept the increased risk of stroke at your age...and beyond. It's the same reasoning many use to tell their GPs that they will no longer take a prescribed statin. Statins simply do not have a wealth of data behind them suggesting that they will extend lives beyond a few days. Individually, individual cases, might be a vastly different story, but most people on statins won't see much of a benefit.
I can't answer about the Pycnogenol. I don't know anything about it.
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Thanks for your thoughts. I am aware that I can stop taking both aspirin and Omeprazole if I am prepared to accept the risk of stroke at my age (It would be nice to know what that actually is) . I was hoping to hedge the risk by taking Pycnogenol which has some support for being better than baby aspirin in for cardiac and stroke prevention.
https://pedagogyeducation.com/News/The-Aspirin-Alternative-Your-Doctor-Never-Told-You
My plan going forward is to try Pynogenol for the next 30 days to see how I tolerate it while stopping baby aspirin and Omeprazole. I have appointments with my GP and Cardiologist in mid September where I will seek out their guidance and decide whether to continue or revert to an aspirin a day routine. I will let you know the outcome.