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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 401 54 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 204 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine 172 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Prevent blood clotting 127 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Support heart health 83 11 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 1496 patients currently taking Aspirin

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Aspirin. See all 108 dosages ►

  500mg as needed 1 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 81 mg daily 100 mg daily 162 mg daily 325 mg daily 500 mg daily 650 mg daily
  14 Number of Patients: 14 24 Number of Patients: 24 24 Number of Patients: 24 16 Number of Patients: 16 931 Number of Patients: 931 17 Number of Patients: 17 53 Number of Patients: 53 202 Number of Patients: 202 13 Number of Patients: 13 15 Number of Patients: 15  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aspirin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 72   Other: 33%
Doctor's advice 55   Doctor's advice: 26%
Did not seem to work 40   Did not seem to work: 19%
Side effects too severe 27   Side effects too severe: 13%
Personal research 17   Personal research: 8%
Course of treatment ended 16   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 5   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Expense 3   Expense: 1%

See all 212 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
 141 71%
Usually
 28 14%
Sometimes
 18 9%
Never
 13 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Aspirin

Very
 2 1%
Somewhat
 6 3%
A little
 19 10%
Not at all
 173 87%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Aspirin

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 120 99%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.