Many people take an aspirin a day for the treatment of a variety of ailments. Should they be advised to stop taking aspirin when receiving smallpox vaccination?
No, low dose aspirin therapy is not a contraindication to smallpox vaccination. People who have a medical indication for the use of aspirin, both for treatment and prophylactic purposes, should be advised to continue to take aspirin following vaccination, as prescribed by their physician. However, CDC has received reports of cardiac events following smallpox vaccinations. Although it is unclear whether or not there is any association between smallpox vaccination and these events, CDC recommends, as a precautionary measure, that individuals who have been diagnosed by a doctor as having a heart condition with or without symptoms, who are under the care of a doctor, should not receive smallpox vaccine at this time.
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