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I've asked this question before, and gotten the definitive answer
from an M.D./tech diver:

There is no scientific proof that aspirin will do you any good as
a diver in preventing/delaying or otherwise decreasing any negative
effects of diving.

However, since a good percentage of dive injuries and deaths ARE
attributable to heart problems, and since a regimen of small
amounts (30mg) of aspirin on a daily basis IS proven to help
with many types of heart problems, taking 30mg of aspirin CANNOT
hurt, and may help, especially with divers over the age
of <insert age here>.  ;-)

In the U.S., there is a brand called Ecotrin, which is enteric-coated
so that it disolves in the small intestine and not the stomach (thereby
avoiding potential stomach problems), that comes in the 30mg size.

  -- Robert


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E-mail: RLaird@pe*.co* (Robert Laird)
Phone : 713-627-4323       Fax: 713-989-3086
Trunkline Gas Company, a subsidiary of
Panhandle Eastern Corporation, Houston, TX
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01/05/95  10:01:51

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