Friday, February 19th, 2010 at
11:26 pm
and where can i find the chemical and generic class for other drugs?
If for aspirin it is : generic class: NSAID
chemical class: salicylates
thank u
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at
5:49 pm
Need to know how much aspirin to give my dog, who has arthrtis.
Friday, February 12th, 2010 at
10:40 pm
I take Coumadin due to having an open heart surgery.
I can not take aspirin!!!
I need to be able to take an NSAID,but one which will least affect my PROTIME.
Could you help me?
Thank you,
Dan
Friday, February 5th, 2010 at
2:32 pm
Taking an aspirin every day is nearly as risky as working as a firefighter.
For 50-year-old men, taking a daily aspirin (which many do to help prevent heart disease and strokes) increases the risk of death by the equivalent of 10.4 deaths per 100,000 men per year.
This is similar to the added risk that professional firefighters face. Firefighters have an added risk of 10.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year, compared to 3.9 for all occupations and 0.4 for office workers.
In comparison, drugs that have been withdrawn from the market, such as the painkiller Vioxx and the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, increased the risk of death by 76 deaths per 100,000 people per year and 65 deaths per 100,000 people per year, respectively.
Epidemiological data suggest that 25% of non-fatal myocardial infarctions are silent. 4 5 As aspirin, even at low doses, is an analgesic and because it may provoke dyspepsia, which may create confusion about the cause of chest pain, it is not difficult to believe that aspirin could increase the proportion of silent events from 25% to 30%. This could explain all the benefits of antiplatelet agents on non-fatal myocardial in the meta-analysis. Aspirin increased the risk of sudden death in every long-term study after myocardial infarction that reported such events. This increase was from 4.4% on placebo to 5.6% on aspirin in the persantine-aspirin reinfarction (PARIS) study; from 2.0% to 2.7% in the aspirin myocardial infarction study (AMIS); and from 2.0% to 2.4% in the persantine-aspirin reinfarction study (PARIS-II).9
This could reflect an increased risk of sudden death among concealed, and therefore untreated, events.
I guess stats and research are poison if you choose not to agree with them. Right Mary?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at
9:12 pm
I’ve been suffering with a horrible headache every day for the last 3 weeks, and I’m not sure what to do about stopping them. I’ve tried every single d available over the counter at Walgreen’s (ibuprofen, aspirin, paracetamol, aleve), and none of them seem to work. Is there another option out there that’s maybe more natural - because I have stomach issues, or maybe another NSAID available?
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at
8:43 pm
My husband has sore knees, is quite physical in his job, and is thinking of taking one a day Aleve or some type of aspirin? or ibuprophen ??? ANy suggestions? Or I may just read the bottles at the pharmacy.
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at
9:21 am
It seems with the change of weather and some of the cats ages they have developed arthritis. It has been said that aspirin is helpful but what about glucosamine? One of them has been prescribed steroids for a hip displacement and although the steroids seem to help dramatically it may be too invasive for some of the others. Your help would be appreciated.
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at
5:06 am
Are NSAID drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen of any use in relieving the inflammation, redness and swelling associated with acne?
Monday, January 18th, 2010 at
1:01 am
I told my Dr. that my body aches are so bad at night I can’t sleep and he gave me celebrex. This does not seem right to me. I tried all the others. Tylenol, aspirin, alive.. and he gave me this. Is int there something that is not steroidal?
Friday, January 15th, 2010 at
5:03 am
lower back pain. With three bulging discs.DeGSpineDis. I use aspirin and that is all that seems to actually work. But I have to take 6. How about Doan’s or anything else. Tylenol and Advil do nothing for me.