aspirin intake in diabetic women...14 years 47% reduction

Anonymous

aspirin intake in diabetic women...14 years 47% reduction

wallycat

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317868.ph...

I did not try to find the full text article, but I wonder if these women are on metformin and if aspirin and metformin have a synergistic affect...

MTwoman

wallycat, here is the actual study:

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/jwh.2016.6040

In the methods section it states, "Patients with diabetes mellitus newly diagnosed from 1999 to 2001 were included in this study; these patients were defined as those who had used antidiabetic agents, including oral antidiabetic agents." But they did not define the "aspirin users" as also using "antidiabetic agents", in fact they seemed to have controlled for that across both aspirin users and non-aspirin users. So they weren't pursuing a synergistic effect theory, but an aspirin alone theory. It is interesting . . .

ksusan

I've taken both metformin and aspirin for years and still got breast cancer.

wallycat

ksusan, I think this study was specifically looking at recurrence...but it is a shame you are here with us. STUPID cancer!

ksusan

Well, I hope it prevents recurrence!