People 60 years old and older should not start taking daily aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to draft recommendations from a national task force that monitors best ways to prevent disease.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task force’s proposed guidance says daily aspirin “has no net benefit” for cardiovascular health.
The task force also says people age 40 to 59 with higher risk of disease should make individual decisions about whether to take aspirin.
“Persons who are not at increased risk for bleeding and are willing to take low-dose aspirin daily are more likely to benefit,” the task force said.
Besides the new proposed recommendations for preventing cardiovascular disease, they also changed the previous recommendation for colorectal cancer.
The task force “concluded that the evidence is inadequate that low-dose aspirin use reduces (colorectal cancer) incidence or mortality.”
