Is enteric-coated aspirin acceptable to use in polycythemia vera or ET?  

Admittedly, this is a question I had not considered before viewing this query, as I rarely, if ever, prescribe enteric-coated aspirin. In the absence of a bleeding diathesis such as von Willebrand disease, platelet count greater than one million/mm³, or active GI bleeding, low-dose aspirin (75/...

There are actually three questions embedded in this question. The first question also must be qualified since it involves two answers: first, does “acceptable” mean efficacious or safe? For the former, enteric-coated aspirin (ECA) is equally efficacious to plain aspirin (PA); for the lat...