Thursday, April 30, 2009

Doctor's Orders For Soldiers In War Zones

Take no aspirin and you'll live to see another morning.

Use of aspirin as an analgesic is being discouraged for combat soldiers because it leads to excessive blood loss, due to aspirin's blood-thinning qualities. Soldiers in combat zones are instead being encouraged to switch to non-aspirin analgesics such as Tylenol or Motrin.

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