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Ep 29 Aspirin the Wonder Drug: Crossover w/ IDOP

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Ibuprofen Blocks Cox Enzyme

Doctors recommend that you take aspirin and not ibuprofen to prevent something like heart disease. Aspirin binds irreversibly to the Cox enzyme in a platelet, which means it will not form a clot. Ibuprofen binds in a different place and it just, it binds reversibly. It can be out-competed and it can fall off, essentially.

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