My personal logic although I of course defer to doctors. They always almost prescribe 81mg of aspirin to reduce the chances of a follow up heart attack. Logically then it should also reduce the chances of a preliminary one. If you are in group that has some pre currsors to an event. Talk it over with your doctor.

Their opinions will vary. Asprin was the first miracle drug ever put into common use. Besides a blood thinner it may also act in some still overlooked or not totally understood fashions. To take it or not depends on many factors. A certain type job . Combined with lifestyle and age issues. Is probably the best guide.

In the endless search for new drugs there is little reason to go back. To really do a totally new efficiency study on a very early drug. I have always suspected there is a lot more to common Asprin than is commonly known. Or it may be as simple as it seems.

That a major function of Asprin as an anti inflammatory drug seems to get overlooked. There exists a lot of indication that preliminary inflammation leads to very serious issues. It is proven and not generally known. That it seems to play a role in reducing the chances of colon cancer. The prescription drug industry has little to no incentive to promote it over prescription drugs in any way. If there is any business out there today that puts as much value on profitability to them. As they do. I do not know what it is.

I can present one true and totally unproven suspicion. In a couple of cases the removal of material in my bladder. The pathology stated clearly it was a by product of inflamation. Not cancer. They know and expect my bladder cancer will likely reoccur and it has. That is just the nature of the beast and bladders.

I suspect the urologist thinks the interval is much longer than what he suspects. Or should be on average. We just have never discussed it. Two more eruptions and only perhaps one as there was some confusion in one initial talk between us. In over twenty years is perhaps not all that common. Even the family doctor has stated that I have done far better than average overall with this issue.

Can I give any credit to the Asprin? Of course not but still a slight suspicion remains. Again the Asprin prescribed after a stent is installed. The stent is a foreign object placed in the body. So there should be am inflammatory response. I can see Asprin keeping that down. Any inflammation near the heart can have serious consequences.

If I had half a clue to various things I think about or consider on occasion. They would probably commit me.