Who are could not use adpirin?

In the elderly, taking aspirin every day increases the risk of having anemia myocardial twice. Children, asthma patients, stomach ulcers . should not take this medicine.

Aspirin (Photo: news.harvard)

Active ingredients of aspirin are present in the composition of many common drug mixtures. In addition to the analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects, over the past 20 years, people have discovered some new effects of aspirin such as: anti-stroke due to cerebral thrombosis, treatment of heart attack, stuffing Myocardial blood as well as cardiovascular complications of people with diabetes.

The reason why aspirin works to treat cardiovascular disease is because it is resistant to the formation of blood clots. This function makes aspirin less bloody. Research in the US shows that drugs reduce the incidence of mild heart attacks in people at low risk of cardiovascular disease. But the mortality rates in the study group and the control group were the same. Scientists argue that if the effect of preventing heart attack of aspirin is true, this drug increases the mortality rate due to other diseases or complications.

Many studies show that aspirin protects brain cells, reduces dementia in the elderly and reduces stroke. But some other studies have the opposite result: increased cerebral vascular accident, cerebral bleeding, brain cell damage, seizures, macular degeneration of the eye. A study in late 2005 in Japan confirmed that aspirin could not only prevent cerebral vascular accident for patients with arrhythmias but also increase their bleeding.

Harmful effects of aspirin

One of the common complications of aspirin is causing gastrointestinal injury, gastric ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding. About 2-6% of users have to stop taking drugs because of these symptoms. The higher the dose and age of the patient, the greater the likelihood of complications in the gastrointestinal tract. The anticoagulant effect of aspirin also increases the risk of cerebral bleeding, the rate of 2% of drug users.

In older people, taking aspirin daily increases the risk of having myocardial anemia twice. Aspirin also increases hemorrhage, kidney and colon cancer, has no effect on heart disease prevention for both hypertensive and low blood pressure patients.

Patients at risk of low coronary artery disease not only do not benefit from aspirin but also increase the likelihood of drug-related complications.

Some people are also allergic to aspirin that causes itching, hives, or edema in the eyes . Aspirin also causes a form of asthma called asthma caused by aspirin. Patients with bronchial asthma and nasal polyps should absolutely not take aspirin because it can cause severe asthma attacks.

In children, aspirin can also cause Reye syndrome, but rare but dangerous. This syndrome usually occurs when the child uses aspirin due to flu, chickenpox or respiratory illnesses. The initial manifestations are vomiting, vomiting, drowsiness and possible coma, respiratory paralysis. Patients may develop liver degeneration and die from cerebral edema in severe cases.

American scientists also said that aspirin and common anti-inflammatory drugs also increase the rate of miscarriage when used in pregnancy, especially in the early stages.

How to use?

With the current research results and knowledge, aspirin should only be used with its usual indications for treatment and symptom relief when needed. Absolutely not for people with a history of bleeding, stomach ulcers, people who are sensitive to aspirin as well as those with liver and kidney disease.

The forms of aspirin with film or aspirin shells in fact do not reduce the rate of complications in the gastrointestinal tract. Drinking alcohol with any amount increases the risk of bleeding from aspirin.

When taken with other anti-inflammatory and painkillers such as ibuprofen, the harm to the gastrointestinal tract of aspirin will be multiplied. Its ability to cause bleeding also increases when taken with anticoagulants. Medicinal herbs that work with blood such as ventricular, calf, knitting ginseng, pink flower . when used with aspirin, must be cautious.

One worrying thing is: in many patients, symptoms of bleeding are often insidious and there is no warning sign. The following symptoms may make us wary: black stools or bloody bowel movements, vomiting blood, severe abdominal pain due to acute bleeding and anemia caused by latent bleeding for a long time.

Dr. Hoang Xuan Ba