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See my numbers cited above. 1 incident of GI bleeding per year out of 833 people taking a once daily, low-dose aspirin. I find those numbers acceptable and wi
by aantix 15y ago
See my numbers cited above. 1 incident of GI bleeding per year out of 833 people taking a once daily, low-dose aspirin. I find those numbers acceptable and will continue to take aspirin. If there are any other medications involved, this further complicates the risk numbers and must be considered. You may not find them acceptable.
- astrofinch 15y agoIsn't G.I. bleeding grounds for a trip to the emergency room? This seems like a bigger risk than dying in a car accident by a decently large margin.
- kijiki 15y ago1/833 of having the bleeding, _not_ fatal bleeding. Compared to 1/83 lifetime risk of dying in a car accident. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/how-scared-should-we-be/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/how-scared-should-w... People (all of us, I'm not picking on you) are terrible at relative risks.
- gwillen 15y agoEr, that 1/833 is not a lifetime risk though, it's a yearly risk. So more like 1/10 lifetime risk of a GI bleed. Which is not great, but it depends on how often they're fatal I guess.