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What is Aspirin?

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid or ASA) is used for mild to moderate pain, inflammation and fever. In lower doses it is an effective blood thinner and is used to prevent heart problems and stroke. Off label it is used to prevent pre-eclampsia and complications of some autoimmune disorders.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 296 27
Other 175 23
Support another treatment 55 5
Pain 26 4
High blood pressure (Hypertension) 13 1
Headaches 10 4

See all 774 patients currently taking Aspirin


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 1%
Mild
7 9%
None
68 89%

Most commonly reported side effects

blood pressure spiked
1 1%
Bleed easily
1 1%
COLD!!!!
1 1%
stomach upset
1 1%
bleed a lot
1 1%
increased bruising - low iron in blood
1 1%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Aspirin. See all 77 dosages ►

  1000mg as needed 1 g as needed 1IU as needed 2000 mg as needed 200mg as needed 2 325mg as needed 2 500mg as needed 2 - as needed 2 buffered325mg as needed 2 buffered500mg as needed 325 mg as needed 325mg as needed 3 buffered325mg as needed 3 buffered81mg as needed 500 mg as needed 500mg as needed 600mg as needed 650mg as needed 800mg as needed 81mg as needed - as needed as needed daily mg as needed 0.81 mg daily 0.825 mg daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 5 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 81 mg weekly 100 g weekly 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 45 mg daily 50 mg daily 65 mg daily 1000 mg every other week 500 mg weekly 73 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 80 other daily 81 g daily 81 mg daily 82 mg daily 83 mg daily 84 mcg daily 84 mg daily 85 mg daily 100 g daily 100 mg daily 160 mg daily 162 mg daily 200 g daily 200 mg daily 243 mg daily 250 mg daily 315 mg daily 324 mg daily 325 mg daily 328 mg daily 350 mg daily 364 mg daily 500 mg daily 650 mg daily 975 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1300 mg daily 1950 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2600 mg daily 3000 mg daily 3250 mg daily 3900 mg daily 4000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 457 Number of Patients: 457 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 89 Number of Patients: 89 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aspirin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
24 45% Other: 45%
Doctor's advice
12 23% Doctor's advice: 23%
Course of treatment ended
5 9% Course of treatment ended: 9%
Personal research
4 8% Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe
4 8% Side effects too severe: 8%
Not indicated
3 6% Not indicated: 6%
Did not seem to work
3 6% Did not seem to work: 6%
Expense
2 4% Expense: 4%

See all 51 patients who’ve stopped taking Aspirin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Aspirin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
6
23
80
75
264

Stopped Taking Aspirin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
4
10
12
3
19

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
56 74%
Usually
15 20%
Sometimes
5 7%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
4 5%
Not at all
72 95%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
51 67%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.