Experts recommend low-dose aspirin to prevent stroke in women. Lower doses are as effective as higher doses and are likely to be safer

Harv Womens Health Watch. 2009 May;16(9):1.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aspirin / therapeutic use*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Sex Factors
  • Stroke / prevention & control*
  • Women's Health

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Aspirin