PatientsLikeMe : Aspirin Treatment Report

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Taking Aspirin
334 Patients currently take Aspirin
15 Patients stopped taking Aspirin
pc4069 Sensation: Severe Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: moderate See profile pc4069 Bayer Aspirin, 80mg daily since Sep 04, 2004
tishalook Depression: 2 Emotional: 0 Compulsion: 0 Anxiety: 0 Mania: 0 Physical: 0 External Stress: None 43 F Function: High Distress: Low See profile tishalook Baby Aspirin, 81mg daily since Aug 02, 2008
amberwell Mouth/throat: none Arms: moderate Chest: mild Legs: severe See profile amberwell Aspirin Dispersible, 25mg daily since Jul 07, 2008

Brand Names: Albyl, Aspirin Dispersible, Aspirin Low Dose, Baby Aspirin, Bayer Aspirin, Casprin, Disprin, Ecotrin, Enteric Aspirin, St John, Walmart
Generic Name: Aspirin
See also: Baby Aspirin, Pain Reliever PM

What is Aspirin? Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is a drug used in the treatment of pain, inflammation and fever. In lower doses it is also an effective anticoagulant; therefore it is often given to treat or prevent heart disease. "Aspirin" is technically a brand name owned by Bayer but is in widespread generic use. Read more...

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

349 patients in the community are taking or have taken Aspirin.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
General health	173	49%
Other	120	34%
Pain	10	2%
Treat Parkinson's	6	1%
Support another treatment	5	1%
Stiffness/spasticity	2	<1%
Slow my MS progress	2	<1%
Don't know	2	<1%
Fatigue	2	<1%
Cramps, calf muscles	2	<1%
Headache	1	<1%
heart arrhythmia	1	<1%
disease-related symptoms	1	<1%
Anxiety	1	<1%
Fatigue	1	<1%
Headaches	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Aspirin.

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0 mg day	0 g none	0 mg none	0.81 mg day	0.825 mg day	0.85 mg day	1 mg day	2 mg day	5 mg day	10 mg day	20 mg day	25 mg day	50 mg day	71 mg day	75 mg day	80 mg day	81 g day	81 mg day	82 mg day	83 mg day	84 mcg day	84 mg day	85 mg day	87 mg day	100 g day	100 mg day	150 mg day	162 mg day	200 mg day	250 mg day	300 mg day	315 mg day	325 mg day	328 mg day	350 mg day	500 mg day	650 mg day	1000 mg day	1300 mg day	2000 mg day	2600 mg day	2800 mg day	3250 mg day
12	1	21	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	7	1	161	3	1	1	1	2	1	4	2	1	10	3	2	1	1	32	1	2	3	6	1	1	1	1	1	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Aspirin or how long patients were taking Aspirin before stopping.

Currently taking Aspirin

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
10	23	19	26	40	149

Stopped taking Aspirin

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	0	4	3	0	6

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aspirin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	10	63%
Doctor's advice	6	38%
Side effects too severe	1	6%
Course of treatment ended	1	6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 19 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	25%	2
Moderate	13%	1
Slight	25%	2
Can't tell	38%	3

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	5%	1
None	95%	18

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 19 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 19)

jdogger

Depression: 1

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 0

Anxiety: 1

Mania: 0

Physical: 1

External Stress: Low

28 M

Function: High

Distress: Low

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by jdogger
Aug 18, 2008