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Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Wet AMD

From the American Academy of Ophthalmology

This analysis of the Beaver Dam Eye Study, which included examinations every five years during a 20-year period, shows that regular aspirin use more than doubles the incidence of neovascular AMD. Among regular aspirin users, the cumulative incidence of late and neovascular AMD was 1.9 percent at five years, 7 percent at 10 years and 9.3 percent at 15 years. The authors note that there is not enough clinical evidence to advise a change in clinical practice. However, they suggest patients with a very high risk of developing AMD be re-evaluated. Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec. 20, 2012

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