JK has been taking an average of two 325 mg aspirin a day since 1993 because
it reduces
the leading form of cancer
COLORECTAL CANCER 63%
PANCREATIC CANCER 53%
LUNG CANCER 36%
PROSTATE CANCER 39%
breast cancer 39%
Stomach 62%
ovarian cancer 47%
esophageal 73%
Hodgkin's lymphoma
60%
ALZHEIMERS 73%
Promotes cancer survival -- for stage I, II, & III breast cancer 43% (id/26), for colon cancer 51%, and undoubtedly other cancers.
Reduced
risk for Hodgkin's disease, skin and bladder cancers, and adult leukemia
Other conditions:
Alzheimer's 73%, lowers risk of ALS,
Cuts in half the level of C-reactive protein
(released by immune system during an infection, and associated with MI), and in larger amounts reduces MI in high risk population
51%.
THE LARGER THE DOES THE GREATER THE PROTECTION, effects take several years
since aspirin only promotes the death (apoptosis) of abnormal cells. The second know method of action is through COX-2
inhibition. Over-expression of COX-2 and increased prostaglandin biosynthesis correlates with carcinogensis and metastasis
at most anatomic sites.
Stomach bleeding is greatly reduced by using coated aspirin.
In properly controlled, fair studies the risk of stomach bleeding is about
equal. And for the low dose in prophalitic use, (not the much higher does for pain management) the risk is slight--about,
less than one per year per 1,000.
Goodman & Gilman, 11th Ed. P. 690: “Although aspirin is regarded as the standard against which other drugs should be compared for treatment
of rheumatoid arthritis, many clinicians favor the use of other NSAIDs perceived to have better gastrointestinal tolerability,
even though this perception remains unproven by convincing clinical trials.”
{As I pointed out, most test use a a low does of a coated NSAID compared to
an uncoated aspirin.--jk}
It has come to light in 05 that all the NSAIDs but
aspirin increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes by accelerating the rate of plaque formation (viz. arteriosclerosis)—a
fact few doctors are aware of.
Big PhARMA has attacked aspirin usage through two principle
routes, stomach bleeds and Reyes Syndrome --both are a smear job. They have trained
doctors to state that if there is a stomach bleed and aspirin is used (including the low dose) that aspirin is the cause.
The bacteria Pylori has been established as the cause of stomach and duodenum
ulcers. Yet when aspirin is used (almost always with other drugs), the cause
is attributed to aspirin. As for Reyes Syndrome, once a laboratory (rather than
symptomatic) method of diagnosis was established, the association with aspirin approached zero (2 per year), yet nearly all
doctors believe it is a significant health risk for children.
For pregnant women, reduces C-section 400% by lowering incidence of hypertension.
