Aspirin - wonder drug in your medicine cabinet? [View all]

[packman]

Hope Trump doesn't hear about this - it could be the keystone of his health care plan. I can see the gov. sending every America a bottle of aspirin and declaring it has met its obligation in providing health care.

Anyway - An article about the pros and cons of a daily aspirin regimen .


"If ever there was a wonder drug, aspirin might be it. Originally derived from the leaves of the willow tree, this mainstay of the family medicine cabinet has been used successfully for generations to treat conditions ranging from arthritis to fever, as well as to prevent strokes, heart attacks and even some types of cancer, among other ills. Indeed, the drug is so popular that annual consumption worldwide totals about 120 billion tablets.

In recent years scientists have discovered another possible use for aspirin: stopping the spread of cancer cells in the body after an initial tumor has already formed"


Article gives the scientific take on what aspirin does (basically cutting down on inflammation).

Note: I have been on both sides of this. Overdosed on aspirin during a bad bout of joint pain which lead to bleeding from places I would rather not talk about and requiring a hospital stay and taking a daily low dose of 81 mg. baby aspirin to help with my cardio problems.


http://extragoodshit.phlap.net/index.php/aspirin-may-prevent-cancer-from-spreading-new-research-shows/#more-407593