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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 18 5
Other 11 3
Support another treatment 3 0
Preventave measures 2 0
Causes blood to thin 2 1
Back pain 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
10 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Aspirin. See all 14 dosages ►

  2 325mg as needed 2 buffered500mg as needed 500mg as needed 81mg as needed as needed mg as needed 1 mg daily 81 mg daily 100 g daily 162 mg daily 325 mg daily 500 mg daily 650 mg daily 1300 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 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
Course of treatment ended
2 67% Course of treatment ended: 67%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%

See all 3 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
1
2
6
7
11

Stopped Taking Aspirin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
1
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
8 80%
Usually
2 20%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
10 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 60%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.