Your Health: Aspirin triggers life-threatening ulcers

Joe and Teresa Graedon
Feb 22, 2020
Feb 22, 2020

Graedons — Joe Graedon and Dr. Teresa Graedon
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Question: For most of my life I took aspirin with no ill effects. A few years ago, I felt extremely weak and my heart was pounding. I went to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital.

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Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist; Dr. Teresa Graedon is a medical anthropologist and nutrition expert. Questions for the Graedons can be sent to them using their website, www.peoplespharmacy.com, or by writing to the following address: Graedons’ People’s Pharmacy, King Features, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.