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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Trump’s aspirin dosing ‘makes no sense’ says Dick Cheney’s heart specialist

A widely-respect heart specialist, who treated the late vice president Dick Cheney, has said President Donald Trump’s decision to take more than the recommended amount of aspirin “makes no sense.”

Dr. Jonathan Reiner spoke on CNN after the president gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal, where he said that he takes 325 milligrams of aspirin a day - much higher than the more common, daily low dose of 81 milligrams - and had done so for years.

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