Can I take aspirin regularly to prevent heart attack?
Patient: i am male, age 33, 180cm, 83kg, my LDL is 190(4.88) and HDL is 1.05. I was on Lipitor for two years 10mg. it kept my LDL at 100, but make my legs weak. Now i am off lipitor for the last three months and my legs feel better. in additional to healthy food, is taking aspirin regularly instead can be another solution to prevent heart attack? what is the recommended dosage? Doctor: hi, if you have discontinued it then you should monitor your lipid profile 3 monthly, do regular exercises, low fat diet.Try other medicine like rosulip  5 mg bedtime and e week after starting you can do cpk test, it will indicate if any sideeffect is there or not. this medicine has got cardio protective effect besides it's cholesterol lowering effect. Advisable to continue life long. At this age Aspirin is not indicated and even if you want to take you take 75 mg bedtime.