This medicine, perhaps the most famous in the world, is in the medicine cabinet of every home. Acetyl acid, also called aspirin, appeared in Europe in the 18th century. But not in the form in which we see it today.
It was the bark of a tree brought from Peru, which the Indians treated for fever in their homeland. The Indian name "Kina-Kina" was apparently difficult to pronounce for a resident of Europe, and "Kina-Kina" was renamed "Hina". The bark was ground into powder and used for fever. The cost of the medicine was incredibly high, so he began to look for a substitute.
In 1850, salicylic acid was isolated from willow (by the way, Latin willow is “salix”). But this medicine remained too expensive. Again they began to look for a replacement. It turned out that the acid is contained in another shrub - spirae. And in quantities much larger than in willow. But the excreted substance irritated the mucous membrane too much and was not particularly suitable for ingestion. History is silent about who came up with the idea of adding an acetyl (acetic) radical to the resulting substance. The first letter of the word "acetyl" and the root of the tree name "-spir-" lay in the name "Aspirin". Industrial production of aspirin from phenol began in 1893.
Not a single medicine can be compared with aspirin in terms of output: only in the USA it is produced about 12 thousand tons per year! In our pharmacies, aspirin is known as acetylsalicylic acid, but the drug is produced by different companies under another 60 names.
Initially, acetyl acid was used only to lower the temperature.
A long search for painkillers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs with suppression of prostaglandin synthesis has returned science to aspirin. Acetyl acid, like new drugs (Butadion, Ibuprofen, Indomethacin, Ketoprofen, Ortofen, Piroxicam, niflumic acid, etc.) possesses these qualities. Aspirin was not the best of these, but not a single medicine can be compared with it in universality.To enhance the analgesic effect, they decided to create combined preparations, where the same aspirin will remain the basis: Asfen, Ascofen, Caffecil, Citramon, Sedalgin (more active )
Acetyl acid was secretly given another name - acetic acid. Its properties are not limited to relieving pain and lowering temperature. In small doses, it can thin the blood. This was thought until recently. However, medical luminaries after recent studies have doubted: is aspirin really harmless? It dilutes the blood, but at the same time blocks the removal of toxins (waste products) from our body. Nonsteroidal drugs (Analgin, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol, Aspirin, etc.) expand the efferent arteriole of the kidneys, ultimately reducing the amount of urine formed. There is an excess of fluid, which the body is forced to remove, so it includes enhanced, "emergency" work of the sweat glands, "taking out" the fluid and heat. We get the very effect for which we take aspirin. They would not talk about the problem if only the sweat glands could excrete the same amount of toxins as the kidneys. But with the diaphoretic effect, a significant part of the toxins still remains in us, which eventually leads to damage to internal organs. However, do not attribute this negativity only to aspirin. The linden familiar to us, and “raspberry-Kalinka” and other “grandmother's” recipes will act in a similar way. The bottom line here is the intensified work of the sweat glands and the subsequent result.
We rephrase the great phrase: the information owner owns health. Acetyl acid, from which you would not use it (antipyretic, analgesic or "all together"), should be used with great care and only on the advice of a therapist.