Dr. Bernard Ashby on Trump Taking More Aspirin Dose than His Doctors Advise: ‘He’s Kind of Freestyling’

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ASHBY: “Yeah. So, we‘re not talking about sliding on beats, but we‘re just talking about making it up as you go. And this is something that we‘ve seen from the administration thus far, where they kind of shoot from the hip. And this aspirin issue is no different. To hear Trump discuss his blood being thinner because of a higher dose of aspirin just doesn‘t fit the science. And essentially what we‘re seeing is, with aspirin, it decreases your risk of clots related to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which is plaque in the heart that can rupture and cause a clot. And starting a higher dose of aspirin doesn‘t — actually doesn’t decrease your risk of having that clot, but it does increase your risk of bleeding.”