[Answered]: An 82-year-old takes two aspirin every morning to…

An 82-year-old takes two aspirin every morning to treat the arthritis pain in his back. The patient states the aspirin helps him to “get going” each day. Lately, the patient has had some heartburn from the aspirin. After ruling out an acute GI bleed, what would be an appropriate course of treatment for him? Add an H2 blocker such as ranitidine to his therapy Discontinue the aspirin and switch him to Vicodin for the pain Instruct the patient to take an antacid 15 minutes before taking the aspirin each day Decrease the aspirin dose to one tablet daily