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Aspirin Side Effects
Aspirin: A New Look at an Old Friend
Like most of you, I take aspirin daily, 162.5mg (it used to be 325 until my stomach rebelled). Most cardiologists recommend aspirin for heart disease sufferers.
Aspirin works by interfering with the generation of thromboxane A2 (TXA2) which is needed for platelet aggregation (clotting). The COX-1 enzyme acts on arachidonic acid (AA) to produce endoperoxides that in turn produce TXA2. Aspirin interferes with the generation of TXA2 by irreversably acetylating the platelet COX-1 enzyme thereby ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Aspirin and diabetes and primary prevention
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...it's been a standard recommendation that PWD take aspirin to help protect against heart attacks... Read more »
Stopping Aspirin
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...most common over-the-counter pill ever.That pill is aspirin. I took a baby aspirin every morning... Read more »
The JUPITER Trial
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...randomized, controlled, double-blind study that proves that aspirin helps headaches. But most of... Read more »
Besides Remicade, what other medications can be used for inflammatory bowel disease?
By Todd Eisner , Health ExpertI have Ulcerative colitis and have been treated with Remicade, which seems to be losing... Read more »
Bromocriptine: A New Type of Type 2 Drug
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...also has risks. Even commonly accepted drugs like aspirin and beer have side effects. We... Read more »
Health Guide
Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Medications
...patients with PAD be given treatments for managing both heart risk factors and intermittent claudication.Aspirin and Other Antiplatelet DrugsAntiplatelet drugs thin the blood and reduce the risk... Read more »Migraine Issues: How is migraine treated?
...should not be taken during an aura. Over-the-counter abortive migraine medications include ibuprofen, aspirin, ketoprofen, and naproxen. Prescribed abortive migraine medications include... Read more »How to Prevent Adverse Drug Reactions, or ADRs
...get to the emergency room immediately. Some examples of common drug-drug interactions: Both aspirin and prescription blood thinners are used to prevent heart attacks, however,... Read more »Fibromyalgia Medication
...Analgesics Analgesics are pain killers. They include: Over-the-counter medications like aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen and naproxyn. (Ibuprofen and naproxyn are also ... Read more »Frequently Asked Questions About Vioxx (rofecoxib)
...by Pfizer. It is only available by prescription. Patients who have had allergic reactions to either aspirin or sulfa should not take Celebrex.Bextra (valdecoxib) was removed from the market by its... Read more »
Medications
This medication is used to reduce fever and relieve minor to moderate pain from conditions such... Read more »
This medication is used to reduce fever and relieve minor to moderate pain from conditions such... Read more »
Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle... Read more »
Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle... Read more »
Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle... Read more »
Related News
Aspirin cuts stomach cancer risk: study
February 11, 2009New research published in The British Journal of Cancer suggests that aspirin may cut a person's risk of developing stomach cancer by as much as a... Read summary »
Women less likely to be given common heart meds
October 03, 2008Women are prescribed common medications used to prevent and treat coronary disease less often than men, new research suggests. Scientists at Rush... Read summary »
Most patients don't report OTC painkiller use
October 03, 2008Researchers say it's vital for patients to tell their doctors what over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers they are taking and how often they take them.... Read summary »
Aspirin: Its a Man Thing
October 22, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It may no longer be a "man's world," but try and tell that to your heart. New research shows the benefits of aspirin may only... Read summary »
Aspirin and Diabetic Cardio Risk
November 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Low-dose aspirin has been recommended as a primary prevention strategy for patients with an increased cardiovascular risk, but... Read summary »
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