A Lancet meta-analysis found people who took daily aspirin for more than four years reduced their chance of dying of cancer by 21 percent, with esophageal and throat cancer down 60 percent and colorectal 40 percent. Rosenberg weighs this against Vioxx, once billed as a safer aspirin.
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High-doses Aspirin relieves headache, migraine effectively
A Neurology study of 168 patients found intravenous high-dose aspirin cut pain 30 percent about a quarter of the time in people hospitalized for severe headache and migraine tied to drug withdrawal. UCSF says IV aspirin can cost $7 a dose against $22 a pill for triptans.
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Intravenous Aspirin for Migraine Pain Relief?
Researchers reviewed records of 168 London patients hospitalized for chronic daily headache who received an average of five doses of intravenous aspirin, and reported reduced pain. Co-author Peter Goadsby says IV delivery may help more intense headaches.
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