The medicine "Acetylsalicylic acid" is a synthetic drug that has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects. In addition, the tool reduces the risk of thrombosis, preventing platelet adhesion.
Composition and release forms of the drug "Acetylsalicylic acid"
The instructions for use indicate that the medicine has several trade names: “Aspirin”, “Upsarin Upsa”, “Thrombo ACC”, etc. The medicine is made in the form of ordinary or effervescent tablets. The active substance of all these drugs is acetylsalicylic acid.
The instructions for use provide information that the medication should be taken for pain syndromes, febrile conditions resulting from infectious inflammatory diseases. The drug is indicated in the treatment of rheumatic ailments, for the prevention of embolism and thrombosis, as well as for the prevention of myocardial infarction.
The drug "Acetylsalicylic acid": instructions
The following medication regimens for various diseases are available. As an anti-inflammatory and analgesic, you should take the drug up to 325 mg per day.
With pain and fever, from 500 mg to 1 gram of the drug is prescribed, while the reception is divided into 3 times. The daily dosage should not exceed three grams. The duration of therapy is two weeks.
Effervescent tablets must be dissolved in a glass of water and taken after eating, a single dose varies from a quarter to one gram. Take the drug 2-4 times a day. To improve the rheological properties of the blood, it is necessary to take the medicine for several months at 150-250 mg per day.
As a prophylaxis of myocardial infarction and to prevent repeated heart attacks, a dose of 160 mg is prescribed once a day.
The drug "Acetylsalicylic acid": contraindications and side effects
It is unacceptable to use the drug for ulcerative pathology of the duodenum and stomach in the anamnesis and in the phase of exacerbation. Contraindications apply to patients with a tendency to hemorrhage, impaired liver and kidney function. It is forbidden to take a medication for bronchial asthma and simultaneous treatment with anticoagulants.
Treatment should not be prescribed to children under 15 years of age with flu, SARS, or chickenpox. During pregnancy, the use of the drug "Acetylsalicylic acid" is also contraindicated.
An overdose of the drug causes an increase in side effects, which are manifested by a lack of appetite, nausea, pain in the abdomen. In addition, tinnitus, allergic reactions occur, hearing is weakened. With prolonged use of tablets "Acetylsalicylic acid", the instruction indicates the possibility of dyspeptic manifestations and gastric bleeding, in which there is a lesion of the duodenum and gastric mucosa.