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Taking Aspirin
311 Patients currently take Aspirin
16 Patients stopped taking Aspirin
snky71 Mouth/throat: mild Arms: mild Chest: mild Legs: mild See profile snky71 81mg daily since Jun 15, 1997
parkinohio Mouth/throat: mild Arms: mild Chest: mild Legs: mild See profile parkinohio 81mg daily since Jun 18, 2005
pokie too Mouth/throat: mild Arms: mild Chest: mild Legs: mild See profile pokie too 81mg daily since Sep 05, 2008

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

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.

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

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

Reasons Taken

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

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
General health	155	47%
Other	95	29%
Pain	12	3%
Treat Parkinson's	6	1%
Support another treatment	5	1%
Headache	3	<1%
Don't know	3	<1%
Cramps, calf muscles	2	<1%
Stiffness/spasticity	2	<1%
Fever	1	<1%
Pain, shoulder/upper back	1	<1%
Fatigue	1	<1%
Fatigue	1	<1%
Headaches	1	<1%
heart arrhythmia	1	<1%
disease-related symptoms	1	<1%
Anxiety	1	<1%
Back pain	1	<1%
Slow my MS progress	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	1 mg day	5 mg day	10 mg day	25 mg day	50 mg day	71 mg day	71.43 mg week	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	100 g day	100 mg day	162 mg day	200 mg day	243 mg day	250 mg day	300 mg day	325 mg day	328 mg day	350 mg day	500 mg day	650 mg day	1000 mg day	1300 mg day	1500 mg day	2000 mg day	2600 mg day	3250 mg day	4000 mg day
9	2	26	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	153	3	1	1	1	1	5	2	8	3	1	1	1	38	1	2	3	7	1	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
12	25	26	21	39	121

Stopped taking Aspirin

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aspirin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	12	71%
Doctor's advice	5	29%
Side effects too severe	1	6%
Course of treatment ended	1	6%
Not indicated	1	6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 24 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	17%	2
Moderate	42%	5
Slight	17%	2
Can't tell	25%	3

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	4%	1
None	96%	23

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 24 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 24)

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