What is ASA tablet used for?

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What is ASA tablet used for?

What is ASA tablet used for?

It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine is also used as directed by a doctor to prevent and to treat heart attacks, to prevent strokes and blood clots, and to treat arthritis or inflammation.

Is ASA same as aspirin?

Aspirin is a generic drug sometimes referred to as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). It is an NSAID that treats inflammation and prevents the formation of blood clots. For this reason, it can be used to decrease the risk of strokes and heart attacks in addition to treating mild pain or fever.

What type of drug is ASA?

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is a pharmaceutical drug used to reduce pain1,2 or inflammation. 3 It is classified as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Aspirin can be used to treat: mild to moderate pain....Other names.
Generic nameBrand names
Aspirin and codeineAspalgin®, Codral Cold & Flu Original®
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What does the ASA in aspirin stand for?

ASA is short for acetylsalicylic acid, which is sold under names including Aspirin, Entrophen and Novasen.

What does Asa do for the heart?

Aspirin's Proven Benefit When arteries are already narrowed by the buildup of plaque, a clot can block a blood vessel and stop the flow of blood to the brain or heart. Taking a regular dose of aspirin diminishes the ability of your blood to clump together into clots by targeting the body's smallest blood cells.

What is the effect of aspirin on blood pressure?

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are known to increase blood pressure and blunt the effect of antihypertensive drugs. Surprisingly, it has been suggested recently that aspirin lowers blood pressure and could be used for preventing hypertension.

What does ASA do for the heart?

Aspirin's Proven Benefit When arteries are already narrowed by the buildup of plaque, a clot can block a blood vessel and stop the flow of blood to the brain or heart. Taking a regular dose of aspirin diminishes the ability of your blood to clump together into clots by targeting the body's smallest blood cells.

Does ASA lower blood pressure?

Low-dose aspirin is known to reduce the risk of heart attack in high-risk patients. It also seems to help lower high blood pressure, but studies looking at this effect yield confusing results. Now there may be an explanation: aspirin only lowers blood pressure when taken at bedtime.

What are ASA products?

List of Medications That Contain Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) or Aspirin

  • Acetylsalicylic acid.
  • Acuprin.
  • Aggrenox.
  • Alka-Seltzer products (Regular, Extra Strength, Plus Flu, PM)
  • Alor.
  • Anacin products (Regular, Advanced Headache Formula, With Codeine)
  • Asacol tablets.
  • Ascriptin tablets.

When should you take ASA?

“Aspirin is helpful if taken within the first 48 hours of an ischemic stroke.” But the other 15 percent of strokes are hemorrhagic, caused by blood vessels bleeding into the brain. As a blood thinner, aspirin would increase bleeding and worsen a hemorrhagic stroke.

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