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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 Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Support another treatment 3 0
Other 1 1

See all 7 patients currently taking Aspirin

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  81 mg daily 325 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2  

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
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on March 15, 2010.