According to current thought (Ardekian, Gaspar, et al., JADA, 2000), which of the following actions should be taken before doing an extraction on a patient taking one 81 mg aspirin per day?

a. Stop aspirin two days before surgery.
b. Stop aspirin two weeks before surgery.
c. Don't stop the aspirin.
d. Increase aspirin dosage to 325 mg/day.


c. Aspirin causes bleeding. The effects of aspirin persist for the lifetime of the platelet which is about one week; however, it has been advocated that continuing aspirin use may be important to prevent emboli.

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