Aspirin use not associated with progression to late AMD

Patients who took aspirin in either Age-Related Eye Disease Study did not show significant associations with progression to late age-related macular degeneration.
“We found no association of aspirin use with the progression to late AMD, either neovascular or geographic atrophy. We feel that patients who have AMD need not to avoid aspirin when medically indicated,” study co-author Emily Y. Chew, MD, told Healio/OSN.
Researchers analyzed the potential association between aspirin use and AMD progression in two prospective cohort studies within two controlled clinical trials. The

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