When stroke survivors who are prescribed daily aspirin stop taking the drug, they may triple their risk of a having another stroke within days, research shows. Strokes associated with stopping aspirin therapy “typically occur in eight to 10 days after stopping aspirin,” says Patrik Michel, MD, a stroke researcher from the Lausanne University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. Michel presented his study at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2005.
