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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 360 48 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 177 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine 134 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Prevent blood clotting 121 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Support heart health 81 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 65 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1361 patients currently taking Aspirin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 12
Mild
 20
None
 146

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Aspirin

Bruising of arms 3
Bruising of legs 3
Bruising 3
Clotting slowed 2
Stomach upset 2
Bleed easily 2
See all 32 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Aspirin. See all 106 dosages ►

  500mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 81 mg daily 100 mg daily 162 mg daily 325 mg daily 650 mg daily
  12 Number of Patients: 12 12 Number of Patients: 12 22 Number of Patients: 22 19 Number of Patients: 19 16 Number of Patients: 16 840 Number of Patients: 840 15 Number of Patients: 15 46 Number of Patients: 46 189 Number of Patients: 189 14 Number of Patients: 14  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aspirin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 61   Other: 34%
Doctor's advice 46   Doctor's advice: 26%
Did not seem to work 33   Did not seem to work: 18%
Side effects too severe 17   Side effects too severe: 9%
Course of treatment ended 15   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Personal research 13   Personal research: 7%
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Expense 2   Expense: 1%

See all 177 patients who’ve stopped taking Aspirin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Aspirin

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

Stopped Taking Aspirin

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Aspirin

Always
 133 73%
Usually
 25 14%
Sometimes
 14 8%
Never
 11 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Aspirin

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 5 3%
A little
 16 9%
Not at all
 161 88%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Aspirin

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 113 99%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.