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Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid (acetosal) is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (against minor pains and aches), antipyretic (against fever), and anti-inflammatory. It has also an anticoagulant ("blood-thinning") effect and is used in long-term low-doses to prevent heart attacks.
Low-dose long-term aspirin irreversibly blocks formation of thromboxane A2 in platelets, producing an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation, and this blood-thinning property makes it useful for reducing the incidence of heart attacks. Aspirin produced for this purpose often comes in 75 or 81 mg dispersible tablets and is sometimes called “Junior aspirin”. High doses of aspirin are also given immediately after an acute heart attack. These doses may also inhibit the synthesis of prothrombin and may therefore produce a second and different anticoagulant effect.
Several hundred fatal overdoses of aspirin occur annually, but the vast majority of its uses are beneficial. Its primary undesirable side effects, especially in stronger doses, are gastrointestinal distress (including ulcers and stomach bleeding) and tinnitus. Another side effect, due to its anticoagulant properties, is increased bleeding in menstruating women. Because there appears to be a connection between aspirin and Reye's syndrome, aspirin is no longer used to control flu-like symptoms in minors.
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@Proofreader17 Oh...now you've got me thinking...where's the aspirin?
WriteAdvantage (Jane Dominguez) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:52:27 -0000
@Proofreader17 Oh...now you've got me thinking...where's the aspirin?
@CherylMcKinnon Oh Lord. Now I won't even be able to hear the word without laughing. Did you consider Dynamints and Aspirin as a blog title?
McBoof (Jon Marks) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:50:38 -0000
@CherylMcKinnon Oh Lord. Now I won't even be able to hear the word without laughing. Did you consider Dynamints and Aspirin as a blog title?
An hr til we close. Good. I need an aspirin...and maybe a vasectomy. -j
jackassjohn (John Garza) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:50:20 -0000
An hr til we close. Good. I need an aspirin...and maybe a vasectomy. -j
Wow have a headache? This aspirin is over 7 inches wide. http://www.greatbigstuff.com/aspirin.html @GreatBigStuff at http://bit.ly/397OUk
ladylisa1 (Lisa Grassetti) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:43:29 -0000
Wow have a headache? This aspirin is over 7 inches wide. http://www.greatbigstuff.com/aspirin.html @GreatBigStuff at http://bit.ly/397OUk
Two aspirin + a one inch square of brownie + four hershey kisses + 20 minutes + green tea = no more headache
unepetite (unepetite) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:38:55 -0000
Two aspirin + a one inch square of brownie + four hershey kisses + 20 minutes + green tea = no more headache
My head is pounding and I can't find the aspirin...only me, I'll lose anything...trust me.
Boss_lady319 (Nicole James) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:34:17 -0000
My head is pounding and I can't find the aspirin...only me, I'll lose anything...trust me.
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Aspirin - History.
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