Consume this medicine in the dosage and duration as per your doctors advise. While taking Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid, swallow it completely without crushing, breaking or chewing it. Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is to be taken with food.
Consume this medicine in the dosage and duration as per your doctors advise. While taking Prasugrel, swallow it completely without crushing, breaking or chewing it. Prasugrel is advised to be taken at a fixed time, but may be taken together with food (or) without food.
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid a blood thinner?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid acts as a blood thinner. In low doses, it has antiplatelet activity and it limits the platelets from sticking together. This serves to reduce the risk of blood clot formation in blood vessels and provides protection from heart attack and stroke.
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug)?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). In low doses, it preserves the heart and limits heart attacks and stroke. In larger doses, it removes low to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation and is useful in arthritis, minor body pains, and headache.
Q. Can I take Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel together?
Yes, you can take Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel together. Fixed-dose combinations of clopidogrel and Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid are available and effectively lowers the risk of heart attack and is used in patients after a coronary artery stent but it can increase the risk of bleeding.
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid good for a hangover headache?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid should not be used for alcohol hangover/ hangover headache. Alcohol damages the stomach lining and usage of aspirin with alcohol will increase the risk of stomach bleeding
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid beneficial in certain diseases of heart?
At the low dose, Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is helpful for patients who are at an enhanced risk of heart attack and stroke. It is also recommended after stent placement or coronary artery bypass. In low doses, it doesn't allow the platelets to stick collectively and minimizes the risk of blood clot formation.
Q. Can I take Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid empty stomach?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid can be used in an empty stomach especially to improve its rate and extent of absorption, because the presence of food interferes with Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid absorption. Usage of Aspirin in an empty stomach can induce irritation on the stomach surface and creates erosion.
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid good for hair growth?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid does not play any role in hair growth. It is a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). In low doses, it protects the heart and prevents heart attacks and stroke. In higher dosages, it relieves light to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid safe?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is harmless to use in the doses as prescribed by the physician, though, there are some general side effects linked with its use like nausea, gastritis, bleeding disorder, vomiting, dyspepsia, reduced blood platelets, gastric erosion, and gastric ulcer.
Q. Can I take Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid with Tamsulosin?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and Tamsulosin can be used together. There are no known drug interactions when they are practiced together.
Q. Can I take Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid with famotidine?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid can be practiced along with famotidine. Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is a painkiller and belongs to the group of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents) which might enhance the gastric acid secretion and worsen stomach acidity, heartburn, and stomach ulcers and drugs like Famotidine are practiced to limit and treat gastric problems created by painkillers.
Q. Can I take fexofenadine with Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid?
Fexofenadine can be practiced along with Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid. Fexofenadine is an anti-histaminic drug used in treating allergic conditions and Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is an NSAID (non-steroidal inflammatory drug) and has the antiplatelet effect and helps to relieve pain, fever, and inflammation. There are no recorded on drug communications or adverse effects when they are practiced together.
Q. Are Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and ASA (acetylsalicylic acid) the same?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and ASA (acetylsalicylic acid) are the names for the same drug. Aspirin is recognized as acetylsalicylic acid, it is an acetyl derivative of the salicylic acid and is usually abbreviated as ASA.
Q. Does Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid cause H. pylori infection?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid isn't known to cause Helicobacter Pylori infection. Still, its use in patients already having H. pylori infection can cause an enhanced risk of stomach ulcers and bleeding due to these ulcers.
Q. Can I take ibuprofen after Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid?
It is desirable to not take ibuprofen with Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid. Your physician can recommend an alternative. Ibuprofen can reduce the antiplatelet effect of Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid. When practiced together, they can cause increased anticoagulation and potassium levels. Also, Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid can enhance the level of ibuprofen. If required, take ibuprofen 8 hours before Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid or 2 to 4 hours after.
Q. How and where is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid metabolized?
After oral consumption, Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid immediately gets converted to salicylic acid, its major active circulating form. Both are primarily metabolized (broken down) in the liver into salicyluric acid and products like phenolic and acyl glucuronides and others. All metabolites are excreted through the kidneys.
Q. Why is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid contraindicated in patients with asthma?
Usage of Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is contraindicated in patients with asthma, rhinitis and nasal polyps. Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid can produce allergic effects like urticaria (raised, itchy, skin rashes), angioedema (swelling of skin and tissue under the skin), or bronchospasm (narrowing of the airway).
Q. Is there any interaction between Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and vitamin D?
No, drug interactions or additional adverse effects have been reported when Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid and vitamin D are practiced together.
Q. Is asacol also Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid?
No, asacol is not Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid. Asacol is 5-aminosalicylic acid and is used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis while Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid is acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and belongs to the group of pain killers.
Q. What are the allergic reactions to Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid?
Allergic reactions to Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid can predominantly affect the respiratory airway tract producing nasal congestion, running nose and trouble in breathing or the allergic reactions can be limited resulting in urticaria (raised, itchy, skin rashes) and angioedema (swelling of the lower layer of skin and tissue just under the skin).
Q. How is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid helpful to prevent stroke?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid assists in preventing the processes of platelet adhesion and aggregation (clumping of platelets). Whereby, the risk of formation of blood clots in the vessels supplying the brain is reduced leading to lesser probabilities of occurrences of stroke.
Q. Is Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid bad for your liver?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid as such does not harm your liver. However, if you already have some liver disorder or have taken Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid at high doses, there can be occurrence of Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid related toxicity. Hence, it is necessary to disclose your liver condition to the treating physician.
Q. How does Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid act as an antiplatelet drug?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid blocks the enzyme cyclooxygenase which is necessary for the generation of thromboxane. Thromboxane usually works as a pro-aggregatory agent creating the platelets to clump and form a clot. Therefore, Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid by preventing the action of thromboxane functions as an antiplatelet drug.
Q. Can Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid make one constipated?
Long-term usage of Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid has been correlated with constipation. But, the occurrence of this side effect is not very common.
Q. Does Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid really work for acne?
Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid includes acetyl salicylic acid and salicylic acid is a common ingredient of most of the topical (local application) creams of acne. Still, Aspirin / Acetylsalicylic acid as such isn't practiced in the management of acne.
Q. Is Prasugrel FDA approved?
Prasugrel is approved by FDA. It is used along with aspirin to prevent serious or life-threatening problems with the heart and blood vessels in people who have had a heart attack or severe chest pain and have been treated with angioplasty (procedure to open the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart)
Q. Is Prasugrel a beta blocker?
No, it belongs to a class of medications called anti-platelet drugs
Q. Can I take Prasugrel/Effient with Tylenol/ibuprofen/ Viagra/acetaminophen/naproxen/Nexium (esomeprazole)/ Prilosec (omeprazole)/Celebrex (celecoxib)?
Increase risk of bleeding is observed with ibuprofen, naproxen, acetaminophen, Celebrix (celecoxib). No clinically observable drug interaction is seen with Tylenol, Viagra and Prilosec (omeprazole). Patients should follow doctor's advice for its use
Q. Does Prasugrel affect INR?
Prasugrel doesn't affect INR but may increase the risk of bleeding in patients with elevated INR
Q. What is it used for?
It is used along with aspirin to prevent serious or life-threatening problems with the heart and blood vessels in people who have had a heart attack or severe chest pain and have been treated with angioplasty (procedure to open the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart).
Q. Is Prasugrel generic for Effient?
Yes, Prasugrel is generic name and Effient is brand name
Q. Is Prasugrel a prodrug?
Yes, it is a prodrug
Q. is Prasugrel a blood thinner?
Yes, it is a blood thinner
Q. Why is Prasugrel contraindicated in stroke?
It is contraindicated because of increased risk of bleeding
Q. What is Prasugrel?
Prasugrel is belongs to a class of medications called anti-platelet medications