For those suffering from pains that cause you to take aspirin every day, you may may want to reconsider taking that pill today.

A new study reportedly claims that taking aspirin every day can do more harm than good for most people, more specifically middle-aged women, according to media outlet News Every Day.

Women aged 65 and above reportedly stand to gain from the benefits of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, through lowered risk of stroke, heart attacks and certain cancers while young women are at greater risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to the study published in the journal Heart.

"Concurrent evaluation of the absolute effects on cancer, CVD and major gastrointestinal bleeding show that alternate-day use of low-dose aspirin is ineffective or harmful in the majority of women in primary prevention," researchers stated.

They concluded, "Selective treatment of women over 65 years with aspirin may improve net benefit."

For the study, participants were randomly assigned to take either 100 mg of aspirin or a dummy tablet every other day, to see whether it curbed their risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, according to the U.K.'s The Telegraph. There were reportedly 302 major gastrointestinal bleeds requiring admission to hospital during the trial period, which lasted 10 years.

Over the next seven years, 107 cases of bowel cancer and 1388 other cancers were reportedly diagnosed.

Compared to those who took the placebo, regular aspirin was linked to a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, bowel cancer, and in some women, other cancer, but only marginally so.

Researchers reportedly concluded that evidence in favor of aspirin was lacking to show daily intake could lower the cases of heart disease and cancer.