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The main risk from aspirin isn't hemorrhagic strokes, it's GI bleeds. There are other blood thinners that are considered safer at an appropriate dose, including
by Earw0rm 2y ago
The main risk from aspirin isn't hemorrhagic strokes, it's GI bleeds. There are other blood thinners that are considered safer at an appropriate dose, including warfarin (the same stuff that, at higher doses, is used as rat poison). Getting dose right with this stuff is very important and varies from individual to individual. Not something that's ethical to mess with at "shotgunning the population" level (or even as a DIY thing), IMO.. there's a reason they put iodine and folate in bread, but not this stuff.
- TheOtherHobbes 2y agoWarfarin has (mostly) been replaced by newer thinners like Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban, and Apixaban, which are much less dose dependent. Generally thinners are only given to people who have a moderate/severe risk of stroke or heart disease. All the thinners don't just depend on dose but also on (e.g.) the amount of Vitamin K from leafy greens. If we survive the next century (looking unlikely...) it's a fair bet that mixing AI analysis with live biochemical tracking and as-required synthesis would be the next Big Thing. Current medications are extremely crude and have hit-and-miss outcomes because the combination of diet, genetics, gender, activity levels, age, and stress (etc) all have huge effects on individual biochemistry.