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Thought I would add this to the discussion:
I read a JAMA article about a year ago that said low dose aspirin causes brain bleeding over time. Now it is recommended only for stroke and heart attack victims as I understand it. My cardiologist wanted me to take 81 mg aspirin after mitral valve repair. No way after reading that article. Doing great 2 years after the repair, no aspirin taken for over a year now.
Here is a related NY Times article on aspirin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/health/aspirin-bleeding-stroke-heart-attack.html
FYI, I take no meds at all. I have also read that metoprolol interferes with sodium and sugar levels. Too low an amount of sugar or salt can cause dizziness. By the way, I'm 80, eat smartly, and exercise regularly and moderately.
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Appreciated all the dialogue on this topic today, your closing paragraph made a difference per Metoprolol I've stumbled across those same issues previously in various articles from credible sources and the like over time ... I continually wonder why we aren't told about these factors from our own MD's.
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The ref to brain bleeding is explained this way in the NYT summary article - "Older people prone to falls, which can cause brain bleeds, should be particularly cautious about taking aspirin, the findings suggest." This isn't the same as aspirin causing brain bleeding?