What if you have stomach problems and can’t take aspirin?

You can’t take aspirin when you have gastric problems, but you can also take prophylactic drugs such as bismuth pectin to protect the gastric mucosa, or switch to other antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel.
1. Take acid-suppressing and gastric mucosa-protecting drugs: Aspirin belongs to the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which has the effect of antiplatelet generation and antiplatelet aggregation, and it can be used preventively to protect gastric mucosa by using acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole and pectin bismuth, etc. When there is a gastric disease, it can be used preventively to protect gastric mucosa.
2. Other anti-platelet aggregation drugs: you can take clopidogrel, clopidogrel also has anti-platelet aggregation and anti-platelet generation. However, clopidogrel also has gastrointestinal side effects and can cause gastrointestinal bleeding.
In addition most drugs will have an irritating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, so when there is a stomach disease need to be treated as soon as possible, to avoid delaying the use of other drugs due to stomach disease, before using the drug must consult a physician, under the guidance of the doctor to use the drug.