Experts warn against the hazards of popping this common pill daily
Painkiller
Popping painkillers without a prescription is common worldwide. Experts are warning about the risk one particular painkiller poses for your health. Aspirin is the drug in question which several people take daily, some supposedly with the belief that it can prevent heart disease. But this needless intake of the pill can turn hazardous, experts warn.
A report in the Annals of Internal Medicine has highlighted that aspirin might cause health issues and stressed the need for patients to talk to a doctor regarding its use.
An analysis has shown that nearly 150 million people take aspirin regularly in order to avoid cardiovascular disease. But NHS directives and counsel from the American Heart Association advise people against this consumption unless medically prescribed.
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have found that nearly one in three people above 60 without any heart issues regularly took aspirin in 2021 without professional consultation. The number in America stands at around 25.6 million American adults. In the UK, patients at risk of developing heart conditions are advised by medical practitioners to take aspirin, according to Liverpool Echo.
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As per NHS, "Low-dose aspirin helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes in people who are at high risk of them. Aspirin is also known as acetylsalicylic acid."
However, while it is prescribed in certain cases, and sometimes even to children who have had heart surgery or to treat Kawasaki disease, its regular use without a prescription can cause serious side effects, NHS says.
According to NHS, indigestion and bleeding more easily than usual are two of the side effects of aspirin. Coughing up blood, bleeding into the toilet, painful joints caused by uric acid in the blood, liver problems, swollen hands and feet from water retention, certain allergic reactions and stomach ulcers.
Even pregnant women "may be recommended to take low-dose aspirin" if they are "at risk of high blood pressure (pre-eclampsia)", or have "underlying medical conditions where you have been advised to take low-dose aspirin or you have had several miscarriages or complications in a previous pregnancy," as per NHS.
