Aspirin Enteric Coated

We all know what aspirin is, don't we? A common painkiller, a slightly old-fashioned headache pill, cheap, ubiquitous, easily available. Its something we take for granted, and usually think nothing of. However, it is a medicine that I had not taken until recently - having followed my mum?s habit of taking paracetamol or ibuprofen instead - when I was recommended to try it by a nurse at my local clinic for the relief of pain from a sprained knee. I must admit I found this rather strange, as I had always assumed that ibuprofen was somehow better, stronger and safer to use for such treatment. But it appears that I was wrong! ● What exactly is ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ I bet there’s one over the counter medicine that’s in most of your bathroom cabinets. I know for sure that it’s in mine, because I use it every day of my life. It’s the simple, straightforward aspirin, which has been around now for over a hundred years. But this medicine that we all take so much for granted is actually useful in ways that I’m fairly sure none of you have ever even imagined or considered. In fact, so many and varied are its therapeutic benefits, that doctors are now starting to consider it as the wonder drug of the old 20th century. HISTORY ~~~~~~ ~ ~ Aspirin as we know it today ...  Read the complete review

Aspirin drug has had something of a chequered history in the 80+ years it has been around, and is both praised and loathed by many both inside and outside the medical profession. Aspiring is a member of family of drugs known as NSAID's (Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs) and is indicated in a very wide range of conditions. USES PAINKILLING Relief of pain from headaches, period pains, arthritis and other inflammations, it is also a very valuble drug in the reduction of fever associated with infection. BLOOD THINNING Its blood thinning properties are recognised widely amongst the medical profession particularly in the ...  Read the complete review

Aspirin was once the wonder drug to be kept in every medicine cabinet and I am not going to say it isn't an effective painkiller because it is. However, I have my doubts as to whether it should be a first choice over paracetamol for example. Let me explain why. What is aspirin? ****************** Extracted from willow bark (don't you just love the net!) aspirin is made from the chemical salicin (also present in wart treatments which burn the wart, pointless fact 1!). Aspirin has been used for hundreds of years to ease aches and pains and reduce fevers and some even suggest it has was first used around 500 BC (pointless fact 2!). It has ...  Read the complete review

Aspirin was for a long time the obvious choice as a pain relief (analgesic) tablet, and this is its main use in medicine today. Derived from salicylic acid, this occurs naturally in willow bark, though aspirin today is usually synthetically produced. Due to its bitter taste, ther are variations on the market that make aspirin tablets easier to swallow, such as encasing it in a sugar coating. The extreme bitterness of it means that aspirin can cause irritation to the stomach, and there is some links between aspirin and stomach problems. However, generally aspirin is an excellent choice for the relief of moderate pain, such as headaches (but not ...  Read the complete review