A large dose compared to the recommended daily prophylactic antiplatelet dose,
The Wall Street Journal reported in January that Trump’s physician said the president takes 325 milligrams of aspirin a day for “cardiac prevention.” That’s considered a high dose, compared with a typical low, or “baby,” aspirin dose of 81 milligrams.
But a single 325 milligram dose doesn’t even begin to get you to aspirin’s maximum daily dose of 6,000 milligrams, you’d need to take more than 18.
But every single day– that’s a lot. Cumulative effect?
Aspirin is flushed from your bloodstream in just 2 to 3 days, but its effects on your blood’s ability to clot last for 7 to 10 days. [1, 2]
AI source. Bold in original.
Aspirin can stay in your system for up to 10 days.
325 mg is one “normal”, old-fashioned aspirin tablet per day. IANA doctor, but that does not seem particulary excessive – if it was, we should have been seeing tons of people with bruising everywhere when we were younger, when aspirin was the default pain reliever and fever reducer, and people were often taking a full dose (two tablets/650 mg) regularly.
Indeed, there’s evidence that taking that amount daily could be dangerous at age 60 or over. Trump is 20 years past that point.
Because of bleeding risks, some guidelines say that people age 60 and older without known heart or blood vessel disease should not start taking a daily aspirin to prevent a first-time heart attack or stroke. But guidelines vary among organizations. Other recommendations say you should not take a daily aspirin after age 70.
But can it cause bruising? Absolutely.
Aspirin decreases the ability of tiny cell fragments in the blood, called platelets, from clumping together and forming clots. Preventing these clots will help you avoid a repeat heart attack. But it can make you bleed a little more easily, including the below-the-skin bleeding seen in bruises.
Note that these are cautions for people taking low dose aspirin (75-100 mg). Trump is taking over 3 times that amount.
His will power. He’s been denying the truth and replacing it with his own delirium tremens all his life.
When I read that line I thought ‘there’s no way Trump is taking any med with the word ‘baby’ in it’.
And there it is.
I absolutely believe that if a doctor told him to take a ‘baby’ dose of something that he would take well more than that because he’s not a baby, or at least tell people he was taking a higher dosage. Trump is too ignorant about medication to know that ‘baby aspirin’ is not only something millions of big strong men take, but also that it’s just the name society has given to a lower dosage of aspirin.
If I’m right that he upped his dosage (or said he did) for these reasons, it’s like refusing baby carrots with your meal because they’re for babies and you’re not a baby.
And you know who acts like that, a 6 year old kid that doesn’t want people to treat him like a baby.
And trump has been acting like a 6 year old for at least the last 10 years.
Personally, I say that if he wants to up his own dosage, let him.
Is it really called “baby aspirin” much these days? Back when I was a kid, there were those orange-flavored chewable things that children would be given for pain or fevers, and that was certainly called “baby aspirin.” But these days, children aren’t supposed to take aspirin because of the risk of Reye’s syndrome, and there are other remedies available. Meanwhile, the 81 mg dose that many people (including me) take as a blood thinner seems to be generally called “low dose aspirin.”
I don’t think I’ve heard the term “baby aspirin” in years.
Technically, no. That is, I don’t think you’ll see it on packaging, but it’s still commonly called that.
Wiki even mentions it “The 81 mg tablets are commonly called “baby aspirin” or “baby-strength”…”
Also, I brought it up because of a WAG that the reason Trump is taking ‘large’ doses of aspirin is because he doesn’t want people to think he’s taking a baby dose. I could, and probably am, wrong about that, but if the name ‘baby aspirin’ is falling out of favor, Trump would still be part of the demographic that would know/use it.
I suppose you could say that people who took aspirin whenenever they had a fever or headache or any sort of pain were using it “regularly” - but few of them were using it daily. Just because there weren’t millions of people bruising or having nosebleeds or bleeding gums when they were taking aspirin a few times a year for fever or pain doesn’t mean those same people wouldn’t have problems if they were taking 650 mg 4 times a day every single day.
IANAD, but whenever I have to have almost any sort of medical procedure, I am told to stop the low dose aspirin 5 days before.
Yeah , my 30 something kids don’t know what “baby aspirin” means because aspirin hasn’t been regularly given to kids in their lifetime. On the other hand, I only say “low dose” about half the time, like if I’m asking where to find it in the pharmacy.
To clarify a couple things: he literally took Baby Apirin because as far as I could tell all low dose that is not baby aspirin is enteric coated and cannot safely or effectively put through an enteral feeding tube. Last he was in the hospital they switched him to Eloquis because he had a bout of Atrial Fibrilation. Come to think of it he is having considerably less bruising since the switch from low dose.
Someone should tell trump he needs to take a big boy aspirin 4x a day to show what a manly man he is. That would make me smile.
Plus, I’d bet, a couple horcruxes.
I stand corrected, thank you.
Yes, it is called baby aspirin and it still comes in flavors like orange or cherry. I bought it for Hubster. I have a lot left over. We might give some little chunks to the dog for arthritis. Other than that I don’t know what to do with the rest of it.
To clarify more: it is labeled as “Baby Aspirin” or “Childrens Aspirin”. It is flavored and chewable. I’ve bought it at Walmart, the local pharmacy, and on Amazon.
Low Dose aspirin is always, in my experience, Enteric Coated to make it easier on the stomach. I don’t know why it still exists in the form I described, but it does and seems to be the only form fit for enteral feeding.
St. Joseph’s. I loved that stuff.
A possibly interesting aside about low-dose / baby aspirin. …
All the original studies that suggested it has cardiac protective value for heart attack survivors were done using the chewable stomach-dissolving baby kind. Which were the only kind back in the day.
Then the drug industry came up with the enteric coated low-dose kind to reduce complaints of stomach upset and increase sales.
Turns out later, nearly current, studies show the enteric-coated sort are useless for cardiac protection. You need the kind that dissolve in the stomach to do any good.
As a separate matter, there’s nearly no evidence that aspirin in any form has cardiac benefits for people who have not yet had a heart attack. The fact it’s so commonly recommended by doctors is the result of “Can’t hurt, might help” thinking a few decades ago that ossified into an “everyone knows” truism that isn’t really true.
- @LSLGuy - 81mg enteric coated daily aspirin eater since WAG 1995. On my PCP’s recommendation over three different long-time PCPs. Smart or 
? You be the judge.
Speaking of which, every medical professional I see calls it “baby aspirin” when reviewing my meds, even though we’ve known not to give it to babies for decades. Yes, I haze them about it. A majority don’t even seem to realize that it’s a stupid/archaic thing to say.
The entire and fully legitimate purpose of “habit” as a human trait is to eliminate the requirement to think before acting. Identify the situation, and execute the matching template.
Ah, I don’t think we had much else. I recall when ibuprofen and naproxen was a prescription only item. Unsure when acetaminophen made its appearance, but we were given aspirin as kids, and I was still using it for menstrual pain as a young woman (I was b. 1957).
As for the risks of aspirin use in elderly, my husband’s doctor removed him from that regimen bc it can also cause hemorrhaging in the brain, bad idea. Spouse now takes warfarin, and he is monitored monthly (he has arrythmia, and is in his late 80s, I am much younger, May - Dec marriage!)
Based on what? Looks the same to me. He had it intermittently before, too. And I’d guess that occasionally the makeup is applied competently.
I was a team Bayer gal, myself!