Aspirin
Therapy - 1
30 – 500 mg/day
Therapeutic dose:
Useful in the prevention of:
Application:
Myocardial infarctions
(44.8 – 59.3%)
Cerebrovascular
thrombotic disease
CVA - strokes
Vascular death in
unstable angina
Transient cerbral
ischemia
Peripheral vascular
disease
Risks
associated with aspirin:
GI bleeding in patients with
coagulopathy or on coumadin therapy
Inadequate platelet response – in
15%
May develop aspirin resistance
