A 50-year-old male patient is started on aspirin (ASA) 80-mg tablets once daily as an antiplatelet agent. The nurse explains to this patient that ASA is the drug of choice for reducing the risk of which condition?
a. Hemorrhagic stroke
b. Ischemic stroke
c. Gastric inflammation
d. Cellular formation
ANS: B
In men over 50 years of age, ASA is a drug of choice for reducing the risk of ischemic stroke. It plays no role in hemorrhagic stroke.
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