Trump Takes A ‘Monster’ Dose Of This Common Medication. Here’s What Doctors Say.

The doctors who spoke to HuffPost drew a key distinction between two groups of patients.

“Taking a low-dose aspirin 81 mg daily is essential for what we call secondary prevention, meaning a disease process is already diagnosed, and we are trying to prevent it from progressing,” said Dr. Amit Blumfield, a cardiologist with Manhattan Cardiology and a contributor to the healthcare platform LabFinder. “Most often this is for coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral artery disease (PAD) or prior stroke. Aspirin for primary prevention, meaning no diagnosed CAD, PAD or prior stroke, is a more debated topic.”