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Is it true taking a baby aspirin (81 mg) daily inhibits bone growth of a healing fracture?
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Seems to be so.: Discuss this with your physician(s), but yes. It is true that Aspirin is one of the things that can delay or even disturb bone healing. Here is a web site that explains the issue pretty well: http://orthoinfo.Aaos.Org/topic.Cfm?Topic=a00374 but do talk with your doctors about your particular case. The cardiovascular benefits may outweigh the bone - or not. Good luck!
Answered 10/24/2019
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