If you're swallowing an aspirin a day, are you taking a regular or baby aspirin? If you're taking a regular dose, it may be time to discuss it with your doctor. A recent research review found that baby aspirin does the job preventing clots and that the higher dose pill may not be more effective. What a higher dose does do is increase the risk of developing bleeding of the stomach or intestines, and taking a baby aspirin may reduce that risk.Don't change your aspirin dose on your own, however. Though the research seems to indicate that a baby aspirin is plenty, the jury's still out on whether a higher dose aspirin may be more appropriate for certain people.
