Liquid Aspirin?

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More and more, I read that a daily 1/4 aspirin (81mg) has heart protective value. However, I also
read that daily use of aspirin can cause bleeding in the stomach and in the case of enteric
aspirin, the small intestine.

Would liquid aspirin, (like 1/4 tablet of Alka Seltzer) help reduce this possibility in that it
would be more diffuse in the stomach?

eldred30

No. The possibility of bleeding is due to a biological effect of the drug not direct irritation.
81mg is recommended because that dose has the desired platelet inhibition, but a low probability of
causing gastric bleeding.

eldred30 said:

More and more, I read that a daily 1/4 aspirin (81mg) has heart protective value. However, I also
read that daily use of aspirin can cause bleeding in the stomach and in the case of enteric
aspirin, the small intestine.

The latter concerns are typically minor.

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Would liquid aspirin, (like 1/4 tablet of Alka Seltzer) help reduce this possibility in that it
would be more diffuse in the stomach?

Probably not.

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