Do you know about aspirin? What is acetylsalicylic acid, in which case is this medicinal, dosage and contraindications.
Content
Acetylsalicylic acid enters the range of many manufacturers and sold under trade names «Aspirin», «Aspirin-Cardio», «Uppsar Uppsa», «Trombo Ass» and etc. The properties of acetylsalicylic acid are used to treat a wide range of diseases and removal of symptomatic manifestations.
For sale acetylsalicylic acid comes in the form of tablets with a shell or without, as well as in the form of effervescent soluble tablets.
Indications for use and dosage
Acetylsalicylic acid helps reduce body temperature, pain and inflammatory processes. Also drugs based on it are used to reduce blood viscosity and preventing thrombosis.
Indications
Fever accompanying infectious inflammatory diseases;
pain syndrome;
infarction prevention;
Prevention of thrombosis;
elderly age.
Dosage
Acetylsalicylic acid is used exclusively inside, pills must be made with sufficient amount of water, silent tablets dissolve according to the instructions for the drug (usually 100–200 g of water).
To obtain an antipyretic and anesthetic effect, acetylsalicylic acid is used in an amount of not more than 3 g per day, this volume is divided into 3–4 reception. Use tablets or solution is necessary after meals, the course of treatment should not exceed 2 weeks.
To prevent thrombosis and blood dilution, the daily dose is 0.15–0.25 g per day, the course of treatment is several months.
In post-infarction states to prevent repeated heart attack 0.165 g per day.
Contraindications and side reactions
Acetylsalicylic acid is contraindicated with patients with ulcerative ulcer of the stomach and 12-rosewood in history and stages of exacerbation, impaired liver and kidney functions, bronchial asthma, under the age of 15 years (high risk of developing Syndrome Reee).
Pregnant women are not prescribed acetylsalicylic acid, and during the lactation period limit the dosage, so as not to interrupt breastfeeding.
Adverse reactions
In some cases, the use of acetylsalicylic acid provokes the appearance of nausea, the decrease in appetite, the pain in the stomach, the noise in the ears, hearing impairment, allergic reactions. Prolonged use can cause the development of ulcer of the stomach and 12-rosewoman.
Long use of acetylsalicylic acid requires constant control of blood composition and feces for hidden blood. Teenagers and children are prescribed this drug only in cases where funds with a similar effect do not give the expected effect.
