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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. [168] No medical significance occurs due to the slight difference in dosage between the 75 mg and the 81 mg tablets.

  3. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] A dose of 40 mg of aspirin a day is able to inhibit a large proportion of maximum thromboxane A 2 release provoked acutely, with the prostaglandin I2 synthesis being little affected; however, higher doses of aspirin are required to attain further inhibition. [15]

  4. Lysine acetylsalicylate - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, lysine acetylsalicylate shows a faster onset of action when compared to oral aspirin of an equivalent dose. [18] Lysine acetylsalicylate also displays a shorter mean residence time in the body (0.37 hours) as well as a shorter elimination half-life (17 minutes) when administered intravenously, which could indicate that it displays ...

  5. NyQuil - Wikipedia

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    It contains the following active ingredients (15 mL is one tablespoon, half the recommended adult dose): Acetaminophen (500 mg/15 mL) (pain reliever/fever reducer) Dextromethorphan (15 mg/15 mL) (cough suppressant) Doxylamine succinate (6.25 mg/15 mL) (antihistamine/hypnotic) Pseudoephedrine (30 mg/15 mL) (nasal decongestant)

  6. Copper aspirinate - Wikipedia

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    A pharmacokinetic study in healthy human volunteers supports its enhanced efficacy as compared with aspirin. [3] The studies on animal models suggest that copper aspirinate is very promising in treating against thrombotic diseases and it has all the prospects of success in becoming an antithrombotic drug that prevents and treats thrombotic ...

  7. Biological half-life - Wikipedia

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    So, for example, digoxin has a half-life (or t ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠) of 24–36 h; this means that a change in the dose will take the best part of a week to take full effect. For this reason, drugs with a long half-life (e.g., amiodarone , elimination t ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ of about 58 days) are usually started with a loading dose to achieve their desired ...

  8. History of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. ASA patent expired in 1917, but Sterling owned the aspirin trademark, which was the only commonly used term for the drug. In 1920, United Drug Company challenged the Aspirin trademark, which became officially generic for public sale in the U.S. (although it remained trademarked when sold to wholesalers and pharmacists). With demand ...

  9. Sodium salicylate - Wikipedia

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    Chemical formula. C 7 H 5 Na O 3: Molar mass: 160.104 g/mol ... Lethal dose or concentration ... It is also a potential replacement for aspirin for people sensitive ...