if your doctor put you on a low-dose aspirin regimen i would urge you not to discontinue it without your doctor's approval. your health care provider wouldn't put you on an aspirin regimen unless he or she believed you needed it. if you're experiencing undesirable side effects like the bruising and bleeding issues please make an appointment to discuss these with your health care provider because he or she needs to know that this is happening. your doctor may want to take you off aspirin lower the dose or put you on a different medication altogether. if on the other hand you started taking daily aspirin on your own because you've read it might be good for you or help prevent a heart attack or something then you probably are ok to stop. going to an every-other-day regimen is a great way to taper off the dose. do that for a week then go to every second day for a week and so on until you're down to once a week. at that point you can stop. i want to make a point that no one should self-medicate for heart concerns with aspirin whether low-dose or regular strength. blood thinning should be done only under the supervision of a health care provider. also when a person is on an aspirin regimen he or she should be aware of over-the-counter supplements such as fish oil and vitamin e that also have blood-thinning properties. taking too many (or too much) of these products can cause the bleeding and bruising problems you describe. i hope this helps!
what is the safest way to ween yourself off of a low dose aspirin regiment? i know a sudden stop increases clot risks. i have been taking a low dose aspirin regiment for over a year. the other day i got a nose bleed that took me three hours to get stopped. i also bruise very easily and bleed more than usual from minor cuts. i want to stop my aspirin regiment because of these factors. as of now i have gone to" every other day". i have read that abruptly stopping can increase a risk of blood clots. what is a safe way to stop?