The study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, also found that bleeding risk decreased in patients on proton pump inhibitors.
The risk of major GI bleeding also increased when aspirin was combined with clopidogrel or anticoagulants or in patients with a history of GI bleeding.
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