NCS medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner on Friday stated President Donald Trump’s rationalization of his aspirin use “makes no sense.”
Trump, 79, told The Wall Street Journal that he has a motive for taking a excessive dose of the drug towards the recommendation of his docs and regardless of the seen bruising it’s brought about on his arms.
“I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart,” he informed the newspaper. “Does that make sense?”
Reiner stated it doesn’t ― noting that blood thinners reminiscent of aspirin don’t actually “thin” the blood, as Trump appears to assume.
“It’s not like changing something from gumbo to chicken soup,” he stated. “It doesn’t make it thinner. It makes you less likely to clot.”
Reiner, who was a longtime heart specialist for the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, stated many sufferers had been as soon as given aspirin to stop coronary heart assaults, however that recommendation has modified over time, particularly for individuals over 70.
“Not only is there no benefit in terms of just primary prevention ― trying to prevent a cardiac event by giving them aspirin ― that there can be hazard,” he stated. “And the hazard can be bleeding, significant bleeding.”
Trump, he famous, informed the Journal that he’s taking 325 mg of aspirin each day.
“But the dosage that we use for patients even with documented coronary artery disease is a quarter that, is 81 mg per day,” Reiner stated. “So why is the president taking an unorthodox dose of aspirin?”
Trump, he identified, has been continuously seen with bruises on his arms. He’s usually used bandages and concealer to cowl them up, as on this picture from December:
Julia Demaree Nikhinson by way of Associated Press
The White House has stated the bruising is because of each aspirin use and frequent handshaking.
However, The Wall Street Journal stated there have been “several instances” during which his hand has been lower, resulting in bleeding that has “alarmed” witnesses. One such incident occurred on the 2024 Republican National Convention when Pam Bondi ― future legal professional basic ― high-fived Trump, nicking him with a hoop within the course of.
Trump within the WSJ interview dismissed it as a “slight little cut.”
The bruises, and use of concealer to cowl them, have change into a daily a part of his look. The president admitted that his docs need him on the decrease dosage of 81 mg per day, however stated he’s ignoring that recommendation as a result of he’s “a little superstitious.”
That revelation baffled Reiner.
“If you were bruising a lot, and your doctor says you’re on too much aspirin, why wouldn’t you go down to the lower dose?” he questioned. “It makes no sense to me.”
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