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Aspirin Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Baby Aspirin, Aspirin Low Dose, Bayer Aspirin (Show all)
Generic Name: Aspirin
See also: Soma Compound
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 taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 18 |
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5 | ||
| Other | 11 |
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3 | ||
| Causes blood to thin | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Preventave measures | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Prevent clotting (anticoagulant) | 2 |
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1 |
See all 46 patients currently taking Aspirin
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Aspirin. See all 13 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 50% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 25% |
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Other
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1 | 25% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- hcubbyhill
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: moderate
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate
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- VL 13k
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- hcubbyhill
- 81 mg daily
- since Aug 10, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Causes blood to thin
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Side Effects
None
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See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on March 19, 2010.