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  2. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    The 81 mg tablets are commonly called "baby aspirin" or "baby-strength", because they were originally – but no longer – intended to be administered to infants and children. [167] No medical significance occurs due to the slight difference in dosage between the 75 mg and the 81 mg tablets. The dose required for benefit appears to depend on a ...

  3. Clopidogrel - Wikipedia

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    Clopidogrel, sold under the brand name Plavix among others, is an antiplatelet medication used to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke in those at high risk. [10] It is also used together with aspirin in heart attacks and following the placement of a coronary artery stent (dual antiplatelet therapy). [10]

  4. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    send or dispense, e.g. number of tablets provided Can be confused with m,. misce, context-dependent mane: mane: in the morning max. maximum maximum mcg microgram: recommended replacement for "μg" which may be confused with "mg" mdi metered dose inhaler m.d.u. more dicto utendus: to be used as directed mEq milliequivalent mg milligram mg/dL

  5. History of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Faced with growing legal and illegal competition for the globally marketed ASA, Bayer worked to cement the connection between Bayer and Aspirin. One strategy it developed was to switch from distributing Aspirin powder for pharmacists to press into pill form to distributing standardized tablets—complete with the distinctive Bayer cross logo.

  6. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Low-dose, long-term aspirin use irreversibly blocks the formation of thromboxane A 2 in platelets, producing an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation. [13] This effect is mediated by the irreversible blockage of COX-1 in platelets, since mature platelets don't express COX-2.

  7. Antiplatelet drug - Wikipedia

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    An antiplatelet drug (antiaggregant), also known as a platelet agglutination inhibitor or platelet aggregation inhibitor, is a member of a class of pharmaceuticals that decrease platelet aggregation [1] and inhibit thrombus formation.

  8. Cinnarizine - Wikipedia

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    However, the mean terminal half-life elimination for young volunteer subjects administered 75 mg cinnarizine, was found to be 23.6 ± 3.2 hours. [ 2 ] A study that administered 75 mg doses of cinnarizine, twice a day for twelve days, to healthy volunteers, observed that cinnarizine did accumulate in the body, with a steady-state accumulation ...

  9. Etifoxine - Wikipedia

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    The usual dosage of etifoxine (as the hydrochloride salt) is 150 to 200 mg per day in divided doses of 50 to 100 mg two to three times per day (e.g., 50 mg–50 mg–100 mg). [ 2 ] [ 7 ] [ 6 ] [ 18 ] [ 1 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] It is taken for a few days to a few weeks, but no longer than 12 weeks.