If a person just had a heart attack or stroke should you give them aspirin?

Makes sense as aspirin does thin your blood.

@curiosi: even the slightest bit can cause internal bleeding if taken with other blood thinners. I don't trust the newer blood thinners at all.

@CallmeHopelessNotRomantic: If the person is already on blood thinners Aspirin would not help

@MikefromEP: it would harm them. They would start bleeding internally.

@CallmeHopelessNotRomantic: My friend has had a stroke and he is not on blood thinners.

@MikefromEP: was it a tia? Because I've had one and I'm supposed to be on them but refuse to take them. TIA doesn't do as much damage as hemorrhagic. I hope it was a TIA for his sake.

@CallmeHopelessNotRomantic: TIA on Christmas Eve.. and another one started last night...

@MikefromEP: ok. Was it another tia or did it actually cause serious damage? Mine was from a rupture in my carotid that went to my cerebellum. I should have died and they have no idea how I didn't. That was 7 years ago. Then the blood thinner almost killed me so I refuse to take it now.

@CallmeHopelessNotRomantic: Good doctors up here are few and far between.