If you are meant to chew aspirin when having a heart attack because it works faster, is there any reason you should just swallow regularly instead?

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If you are meant to chew aspirin when having a heart attack because it works faster, is there any reason you should just swallow regularly instead?

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Most doctors recommend a DAILY “Lo Dose” (80mg, or “Baby” aspirin) to help keep arteries from clogging. Regular aspirin is 300 MG. So using lo dose does not cause the issues other replies here mention, like ulcers.