Patients with diabetes are asking if they should STOP taking a daily aspirin
February 2009
Patients with diabetes are asking if they should STOP taking a daily aspirin...due to all the press that it doesn't work.
Two new studies suggest that aspirin isn't useful for primary prevention in people with diabetes.
This is a surprise. People with diabetes have increased platelet aggregation...so it makes sense that aspirin's antiplatelet effects would reduce blood clotting and prevent cardiac events.
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