Therapy

Why?

• It reduces death, strokes and myocardial infarctions. ^a
• Patients who continue to take aspirin have benefit for up to 3 years. ^a
• 75 to 325 mg of aspirin daily is as effective as higher doses. ^a

Antiplatelet medication reduces death, stroke and recurrent myocardial infarction

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
acute MI a	antiplatelet drug	placebo	death, stroke, myocardial infarction at 1-2 years	14%	0.29 (0.23 to 1.0)	26 (21 to 35)