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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet drugs, Antithrombotic enzymes, Aspirin, Rivaroxaban, Hypercoagulability in pregnancy, Drotrecogin alfa, Pulvinone, Ancrod, Tissue plasminogen activator, Dipyridamole, Streptokinase, Defibrotide, Cilostazol, ATryn, Apixaban, Tenecteplase, Direct Xa inhibitor, Urokinase, Fibrinolysin, Ramatroban, Betrixaban, Edoxaban, Aloxiprin, Terutroban, Otamixaban, Picotamide, Anistreplase, Triflusal, Cloricromen, Brinase, Clorindione, Indobufen, Anisindione, Acid-citrate-dextrose, Saruplase, Reteplase, Carbasalate calcium, Ditazole, Nafamostat, Terbogrel, Draculin, REG1, Hementin, Lumbrokinase. Excerpt: Aspirin (USAN), also known as acetylsalicylic acid ( - l-sal-i--ik; abbreviated ASA), is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory medication. Salicylic acid, the main metabolite of aspirin, is an integral part of human and animal metabolism. While much of it is attributable to diet, a substantial part is synthesized endogenously. Aspirin also has an antiplatelet effect by inhibiting the production of thromboxane, which under normal circumstances binds platelet molecules together to create a patch over damaged walls of blood vessels. Because the platelet patch can become too large and also block blood flow, locally and downstream, aspirin is also used long-term, at low doses, to help prevent heart attacks, strokes, and blood clot formation in people at high risk for developing blood clots. It has also been established that low doses of aspirin may be given immediately after a heart attack to reduce the risk of another heart attack or of the death of cardiac tissue. The main undesirable side effects of aspirin taken by mouth are gastrointestinal ulcers, stomach bleeding, and tinnitus, especially in highe...
