European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes january 1978 modern Medicine advise my male patients to fake aspirin daily by Michael aspirin is one of the most amazing drugs known to Well Over years Hippocrates used Willow which contains a substance chemically related to to re Lieve Ever and Modem aspirin was developed in about 20 years physicians started pre scribing it to relieve pain and inflammation in patients with rheumatoid rheumatic fever and today scientists Are speculating whether the common name for Acety salicylic works other wonders As Foremost is the possibility that a Small daily dose of aspirin May protect against the nations biggest heart the theory stems from observation that aspirin inhibits the grouping of specific blood cells called platelets Are an Essen tial element in Normal but sometimes they stick together in Normal blood As a Pearl forms around a Grain of so does a bigger clot build on this initial clump gatherings of these the theory trigger and then add to the dangerous clots Thrombi that form in the pile and slow or Stop the How of when the clots get too big and Block off an artery in the heart or they cause Many of the Mil lion heart attacks and strokes that occur each a three year nationwide clinical trial of about aged 30 to who have previously suffered one or More acute heart attacks also known As myocardial infarction has been underway since half the patients Are receiving one Gram blood of donors ordered labelled paid or Volunteer Washington a the food and drug administration has announced that beginning May is it will require All blood used in Sions to be labelled As having come from a paid or the regulation published in the Federal Register climaxes a Long controversy follow ing studies showing that blood from paid donors is More Likely to cause hepatitis than Volunteer the fads final represents a change from an earlier proposal by the Agency to require blood labels to Cany a warning to physician and patients about the higher risk of hepatitis in those who receive transfusions of blood from paid but Fra commissioner Donald Kennedy said the which must prominently Dis play the words paid donor1 or Volunteer will nonetheless provide important safety Kennedy said at least 400 people die from this serious liver infection each the Cost of treatment in a prolonged Case can run As High As this regulation is designed to reduce the life threatening risks associated with blood transfusions and is in keeping with the governments policy of moving toward an Al vol utter blood donor the commissioner a study in 1971 indicated that ii percent of mood used for transfusions comes from paid often from skid Row derelicts who May be hepatitis an Fra officials said the number of paid donors is believed to have dropped somewhat in recent after the Agency first proposal to require Labelling in november 1975 brought a storm of protest from the blood banking the Fra withdrew its plan for it issued a new proposal last year which dropped the warning from the Labelling ret and that is essentially the Docu ment that was issued in final form on Fra spokesman Wayne Pines said the Agency estimates to people a year contract hepatitis following blood trans he added that paid donors for purposes of the new Rule Are those who receive monetary the category does not include people who receive benefits which cant be converted to Cash such As time off from work to give blood or promises of future free blood for themselves or members of their family in Exchange for joining a blood donation pro under the new blood components such As plasma from single red Wood platelets and Factor also would be required to carry source Gram of aspirin is equivalent to three regular us oped that the results will show whether aspirin reduces mortality rates and recur rent heart attacks or the National lung and blood Institute is spending million on the aspirin my cards infarction study Amis to insure that it is Safe to prescribe aspirin for Large numbers of people who risk heart attack or stroke even in the Small dose of one aspirin has some Side an estimated 600 individuals in the United states Are unable to tolerate aspirin and develop ringing to the Gastrow tonal bleeding or among other prob in larger Over three May damage the and a single dose of 10 to 30 Grams or 30 to 90 regular five Grain tablets is usually the Amis study must in Addi Tion to whether aspirin is effective in fending off heart attacks in High risk groups and How much aspirin is needed to have this x although the Case for aspirins ability to help prevent heart attacks is far from proven and will not before several More this is one instance where i advise my patients to act before Alt the returns Are aspirin is the risk of Side effects Are slight and coronary heart disease is so common especially among males Over age 30 that i advise my male and Many of the female patients As to take aspirin i am doing 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