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  2. History of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    History of aspirin. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), an organic compound that does not occur in nature, was first synthesised in 1899. In 1897, scientists at the drug and dye firm Bayer began investigating acetylated organic compounds as possible new medicines, following the success of acetanilide ten years earlier.

  3. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin is also used long-term to help prevent further heart attacks, ischaemic strokes, and blood clots in people at high risk. [10] For pain or fever, effects typically begin within 30 minutes. [10] Aspirin works similarly to other NSAIDs but also suppresses the normal functioning of platelets. [10] One common adverse effect is an upset ...

  4. Anticoagulant - Wikipedia

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    An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. [1] Some occur naturally in blood-eating animals, such as leeches and mosquitoes, which help keep the bite area unclotted long enough for the animal to obtain blood.

  5. Over-the-counter drug - Wikipedia

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    From top to bottom: mebendazole (P), amlodipine (POM), diazepam (POM), paracetamol (GSL). Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are medicines sold directly to a consumer without a requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional, [1] as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers possessing a valid prescription.

  6. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Mechanism of action of aspirin. Tridimensional model of the chemical structure of aspirin. Aspirin causes several different effects in the body, mainly the reduction of inflammation, analgesia (relief of pain), the prevention of clotting, and the reduction of fever. Much of this is believed to be due to decreased production of prostaglandins ...

  7. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [11][12] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating, which become longer or continuous over time. [4] It may also start as other forms of arrhythmia such as atrial flutter ...

  8. Vietnamese language - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is a Vietic language in the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [ 1 ] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [ 5 ]

  9. Vietnamese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    November 2002; 21 years ago. ( 2002-11) The Vietnamese Wikipedia ( Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.