Aspirin Resistance May Actually Be Caused By Pill's Coating, Study Suggests
"Variable absorption caused a high frequency of apparent resistance to a single dose of 325 mg enteric coated aspirin (up to 49 percent) but not to immediate release aspirin (0 percent)," researchers wrote in the study. FitzGerald told the Wall Street ...www.huffingtonpost.com
True aspirin resistance extremely rare
"Secondly, there is no rational basis for selecting coated aspirin over immediate release (uncoated) aspirin which is cheaper; it hasn't been shown to protect the stomach and may lead to a false call of aspirin resistance," he said. How the study was ...www.health24.com
Penn study questions coated aspirin
They found that the coated aspirin delayed absorption, compared to uncoated aspirin, which dissolves more quickly in the stomach, and releases its chemicals.abclocal.go.com
Aspirin coating could eliminate effectiveness
The University of Pennsylvania study looked at 400 healthy people to determine why some people develop what doctors believe to be aspirin resistance. Researchers found resistance to the medication may not be the problem at all. Instead, the coating may ...www.ksdk.com
Broomfield-based Corgenix defends aspirin-resistance kits after study
The study found that the coated aspirin had varying absorption rates that may have made some appear "resistant," while every participant responded to immediate-release aspirin, providing no evidence of a pharmacological resistance. The study says ...www.menafn.com
Common aspirin coating reported to reduce its effectiveness
If subjects were found to be aspirin resistant on one occasion, they underwent repeat testing and if still resistant were exposed to low dose enteric coated aspirin (81 mg) and clopidogrel (Plavix; 75 mg) for one week each. The investigators found that ...www.emaxhealth.com
New aspirin study reveals that coating may mask heart benefits
For about ten years, drug researchers have stated that 5 to 40 percent of the population is "aspirin resistant," but this study poses the idea that perhaps that resistance is that the coating on aspirin itself masks those benefits. Since the 1950s ...www.examiner.com
Coated Aspirin's Drawbacks
Researchers are challenging the common medical belief that some people's genes make them resistant to the heart-protective benefits of aspirin, reporting in a study Tuesday that the coating on some tablets is the likely cause. In a report involving 400 ...online.wsj.com
Health roundup: Study questions 'aspirin resistance'
... resistant to the clot-prevention powers of aspirin -- and in need of other medications -- is questioned by a new study that found no such problem among 400 healthy people.www.democratandchronicle.com
Coated Aspirin Heart Benefits Questioned
Coated aspirin may lose some of its cardiovascular benefits because it takes longer for the drug to dissolve into the bloodstream, a new study suggested.abcnews.go.com
New Study Highlights Importance of Testing for Aspirin Effect with FDA-Cleared ...
In the Grosser, et al. study, University of Pennsylvania researchers looking at 400 healthy volunteers and the impact of enteric coated versus uncoated aspirin, narrowly focused on a rare, genetic resistance to the effect of taking aspirin and ignored ...www.4-traders.com
Coated Aspirin Not as Effective For Heart Attack Prevention
They concluded that it wasn't the drug itself but its coating to buffer the stomach from upset that interfered with the heart-protective effects, the New York Times reports.www.newsmaxhealth.com
Health Highlights: Dec. 5, 2012
Coating on aspirin may interfere with the way the drug is absorbed by the body, which may explain why some people appear to be resistant to its heart attack and stroke prevention benefits, a new study says. It's long been suggested that between ...www.newsday.com
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