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Article: Coated Aspirin Has Same Effect on Stomach as Plain Aspirin, Reports the Harvard Heart Letter
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 30, 2007
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To: EDUCATION EDITORS
Contact: Christine Junge of Harvard Heart Letter, +1-617-432-
4717, Christine_Junge@hms.harvard.edu
BOSTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some people take
aspirin without ever having a problem with their stomach. Others
develop low-grade stomach pain or get an ulcer. A few develop
gastrointestinal bleeding severe enough to require a transfusion. But
coated or buffered aspirin doesn't do much to help, according to a
four-page special report on aspirin in the August 2007 issue of the
Harvard Heart Letter.
Coated aspirin, also called enteric-coated aspirin, is the
pharmaceutical industry's attempt to limit the drug's effect on the
stomach. It's a great idea: Cover ...