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Does aspirin affect the results of PT/INR?

Update:

Referring to the PT/INR blood test.

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  • 2 years ago
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    while aspirin mainly affects platelet aggregation, (not the clotting cascade) it appears from the literature it can also affect to some degree the INR

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    2 years ago

    The side effect of aspirin are heart attacks and strokes - I wonder that people still use it.

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