Kelly: WIDESPREAD AND USED
DAILY, ASPIRIN USE.
ALONG WITH THE BENEFITS COMES
MAJOR RISKS.
HERE TO EXPLAIN BOTH IS
DR. ROBIN MATSUKAWA INTERNAL
MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT CASTLE
PRIMARY CARE OF KANEOHE.
GOOD MORNING.
Kelly: THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, IT'S
WIDESPREAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO TAKE
ASPIRIN DAILY.
SO FOR THOSE WHO DO, WHY MIGHT
THEY?
SOME COMMON REASONS PEOPLE
TAKE ASPIRIN DAILY.
ARE SAY, ARTHRITIS, JOINT
PAIN, EVEN A HEADACHE, OTHER
PEOPLE THEY'VE HEARD, YOU
KNOW, SOMEBODY SO-AND-SO SAID,
SOME RESEARCH SAYING MAYBE
EVEN PREVENT COLON CANCER.
Kelly: WOW.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
THAT.
BUT WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF
TAKING ASPIRIN?
WELL, THE BENEFITS OF
TAKING ASPIRIN ARE MAINLY SEEN
WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY
HAD A HEART ATTACK, HAD A
STROKE, HAD A BYPASS, MAYBE
HAVE KNOWN VASCULAR DISEASE
AND DOCTOR TOLD THEM TO TAKE
IT.
AGAIN, NOR REASON FOR THOSE
WHO DIDN'T HAVE A HEART
ATTACK, DIDN'T HAVE A STROKE,
OR DIDN'T HAVE SURGERY, IS
THAT TRYING TO PREVENT HEART
ATTACK BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A
HIGH RISK CATEGORY.
Kelly: THAT CAN HELP,
RIGHT?
THAT IS CORRECT.
Kelly: SO THOSE ARE THE
BENEFITS.
THERE ARE SOME RISKS THAT COME
WITH TAKE ASPIRIN.
EVEN ONCE, LET ALONE DAILY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE
SIDE EFFECTS?
INCLUDE EASILY BRUISING,
OTHER PEOPLE, MORE SERIOUS
SIDE EFFECTS, ARE
GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING,
INCLUDES STOMACH, LIVER, GUT,
COLON, OR EVEN MORE SEVERE IS
IF YOU HAVE UNKNOWN BLEEDING
IN YOUR BRAIN.
Kelly: WOW.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY SEVERE.
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE
HAVING ANY OF THOSE NEGATIVE
SIDE EFFECTS?
WOULD YOU FEEL IT?
YOU MAY FEEL SOMETHING.
IF YOU HAD BLEEDING IN YOUR
STOMACH, MAY NOTICE SOME UPSET
STOMACH.
MAYBE PAIN IN THE ABDOMEN.
ESPECIALLY AFTER TAKING
ASPIRIN.
OTHER THINGS ARE EVEN BLOOD IN
THE STOOL.
OR EVEN DARK BLACK STICKY
STOOL.
NOT JUST BLACK STOOL.
BUT BLACK AND STICKY.
Kelly: INTERESTING.
WHAT THE BRAIN BLEED INSTAGRAM
WOULD THERE BE A WAY?
BRAIN BLEEDING?
COMMON THINGS, PEOPLE THINK
OF, BLEEDING BRAIN IS
HEADACHES.
IT'S GRADUALLY WORSENING NOT
GETTING ANY BETTER.
TAKING MORE ASPIRIN.
MY PAIN IS GETTING BETTER.
CONFUSED, MAYBE DIZZY.
Kelly: IS THAT A COMMON
SIDE EFFECT?
IT'S NOT THAT COMMON BUT
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.
Kelly: GOOD TO KNOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, AGAIN, DO
TAKE IT DAILY.
SOME MAY HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD TO
TAKE IT DAILY.
IF MAYBE SOMEONE HAS BEEN
TAKING IT AND THEY THINK MAYBE
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE, WHAT
SHOULD THEY DO?
FIRST OFF, AT LLLST MOST
SPECIALISTS AND SPECIALTY
PHYSICIANS WILL SAY, DON'T
STOP JUST BECAUSE I SAID IT.
MAKE SURE YOU DISCUSS OR
CONSULT WITH THE PHYSICIAN.
Kelly: GOOD TO KNOW.
SO MAIN THING WOULD BE TALK TO
YOUR COCT.
RIGHT?
ALWAYS.
-- TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
ALWAYS.
WOULD YOU SAY THE BENEFITS
SOMETIMES OUTWEIGH THE RISKS
FOR THIS ONE?
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD REASON
AND DOCTOR TOLD YOU, YES,
BENEFITS OUTWEIGH RISKS.
Kelly: WITH SOME OF THOSE
RISKSES, GASTROINTESTINAL
ONES, CAN YOU PREVENT IT?
IS THAT WHY YOU'RE TOLD TO EAT
FOOD WHILE YOU TAKE MEDICINE,
SOMETHING THAT MAY DISCUSS
HAPPEN REGARDLESS?
WELL, THERE ARE ACTUALLY
DIFFERENT FOR FORMULATIONS OF
ASPIRIN, EC OR ENTEROCOATED,
SUPPOSED TO DECREASE
HARMFULNESS AT LEAST TO GUT.
OTHER PEOPLE, RECEIVE WHAT
THEY CALL PROTON PUMP
INHIBITERS ORS A I HAD
SUPPRESSERS IN HOPE IT IS
MIGHT HELP PREVENT.
OR ACID SUPPRESSERS.
Kelly: THANK YOU FOR
JOINING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, HERE AM
HAWAI'I, TAKE ASPIRIN DAILY.
GOOD TO KNOW BOTH THE POSITIVE