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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SimonCrox" data-source="post: 1919675" data-attributes="member: 388174">Great news about your blood pressure.Aspirin and other antiplatelet agents such as clopidogrel are used to stop blood vessels clotting up on areas of hardening of arteries.Warfarin and the New Oral Anti Coagulants are used to stop clots forming in the heart if it is beating irregularly (atrial fibrillation) with the risk of throwing off clot to cause a stroke.So, one uses whatever is appropriate for the condition. In atrial fibrillation, aspirin does not stop strokes. If normal heart beat with hardening of arteries in neck, warfarin does not protect from strokes.I was sorry to hear of the grandma having a stroke despite aspirin. Basically, in hardening of the arteries, aspirin drops the risk of stroke  by about one third. So, if we had a group of 30 people that we knew would have this kind of stroke over next year, aspirin would stop 10 people from having a stroke, but 20 people would still have a stroke. So, this is a good risk reduction, but not so good for the 20 that still have a stroke. This is why one also targets blood pressure and cholesterol..Totally agree about the comment about NSAIDS / anti-inflammatories; I cannot understand why one can buy them over the counter with the risk of peptic ulcers, renal impairment, heart attack, stroke, hypertension, worse heart failure etc.best wishes</blockquote>

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