Aspirin

Descriptions of Aspirin

Aspirin: A drug that reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and blood clotting. Aspirin belongs to the family of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. It is also being studied in cancer prevention.
Source: National Institute of Health

Aspirin: An orally administered non-steroidal antiinflammatory agent. Acetylsalicylic acid inhibits cyclooxygenase synthesis of prostaglandin, preventing platelet aggregation and inflammation. It exhibits analgesic, antipyretic, and anticoagulant properties. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Aspirin : prototypical analgesic used in the treatment of mild to moderate pain; has antiinflammatory and antipyretic properties and acts as an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase which results in the inhibition of the biosynthesis of prostaglandins; aspirin also inhibits platelet aggregation and is used in the prevention of arterial and venous thrombosis.
Source: CRISP

Basic Information: Aspirin

Aspirin: Common pain relief, inflammation relieving, and blood thinning medication.

Count: Aspirin is listed as a: treatment for 65 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 4 conditions; research treatment for 2 conditions.

Aspirin is a type of: Anti-pyretics (78), Anti-inflammatory drugs (211), Analgesics (174)

Treatments: list of all treatments

List of Diseases with Aspirin as a Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Aspirin' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

A

• Acute Bronchitis ... aspirin
• Acute rheumatic fever ... aspirin
• Ankle sprain ... aspirin
• Atrial flutter ... low-dose aspirin

B

• Back pain ... aspirin
• Black eye ... aspirin
• Bornholm disease ... aspirin
• Burns ... aspirin

C

• Canker sores ... aspirin
• Chronic pain ... aspirin
• Common cold ... aspirin
• Common Headache ... aspirin
• Coronary heart disease ... Low-dose aspirin

D

• Dengue fever ... aspirin
• Diabetes ... low-dose aspirin

E

• Epididymitis ... aspirin

F

• Fibromyalgia ... Aspirin
• Flu ... aspirin

H

• Headache ... aspirin
• Heart attack ... aspirin
• Heart disease ... Aspirin
• High Cholesterol ... Low-dose aspirin

I

• Interstitial cystitis ... Aspirin

J

• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... aspirin

K

• Knee sprain ... aspirin

L

• Lupus ... aspirin

M

• Malaria ... aspirin
• Migraine ... aspirin
• Mitral stenosis ... aspirin
• Muscle contraction headache ... Aspirin

O

• Orf ... aspirin
• Osteoarthritis ... aspirin
• Osteoid Osteoma ... aspirin

P

• Paget's disease of bone ... aspirin
• Parvovirus ... aspirin
• Polycystic ovary syndrome ... low-dose aspirin
• Polymyalgia rheumatica ... aspirin

R

• Reiter’s syndrome ... aspirin
• Renal Artery Stenosis ... aspirin
• Rheumatic fever ... aspirin
• Rheumatoid arthritis ... aspirin
• Ross River virus ... aspirin

S

• Spinal stenosis ... aspirin
• Sprain ... aspirin
• Strain ... aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Hemolytic Anemia, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Nephritis, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Vitiligo, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 10 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 11 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 12 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 13 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 2 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 3 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 4 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 5 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 6 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 7 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 8 ... Aspirin
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 9 ... Aspirin

T

• Tension headache ... aspirin
• Thrombocytosis ... aspirin
• Thromboembolism ... aspirin
• Transient Ischemic Attack ... aspirin

List of Diseases with Aspirin as a Preventive Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Aspirin' or similar listed as a preventive treatment in our database:

C

• Colorectal cancer ... aspirin

H

• Heart attack ... low-dose aspirin
• Heart disease ... low-dose aspirin

S

• Stroke ... Aspirin therapy

List of Diseases with Aspirin as a Research Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Aspirin' or similar listed as a research treatment or other research area in our database:

D

• Diabetic Retinopathy ... Aspirin

R

• Retinopathy ... Aspirin

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