Aspirin is already provided in hospitals for people who have suffered a mini-stroke, and the long-term medication can reduce the subsequent risk of stroke by about 15%. However, based on new data, experts suspect that the benefits of immediate treatment with aspirin may be much more significant.

Having examined the data from 12 studies involving nearly 16,000 people, scientists have concluded that aspirin provided benefit in reducing the risk of recurrent stroke in the first few weeks, as well as reduces the severity of the symptoms of a mini stroke. Moreover, instead of the 15% reduction in long-term risk of stroke, as demonstrated in earlier trials, aspirin reduced the risk of stroke invalidiziruyuscheego about 70-80% during the first days and weeks.