ACETYLSALICYCLIC ACID (ASPIRIN)

Question 1

CLASS

Answer 1

ANALGESIC

ANTIPYRETIC

Question 2

ACTIONS

Answer 2

ANALGESIC

ANTIPYRETIC

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

INHIBITION OF PLATELET AGGREGATION

Question 3

INDICATIONS

Answer 3

MILD PAIN RELIEF

FEVER

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOR ARTHRITIS AND OTHER RHEUMATIC DISEASE

INHIBITOR OF PLATELET AGGREGATION IN MI, CVA, TIA

Question 4

DOSE/ ROUTE

Answer 4

PO AS ORDERED PER MEDICOM PHYSICIAN

USUAL DOSE IS 160-325 MG FOR AMI PROTOCOL

ONSET: 15-30 MIN.

DURATION: 4-6 HRS.

Question 5

STANDARD PREP

Answer 5

81 MG CHEWABLE TABLET, 325 MG (GR V) TABLET

Question 6

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Answer 6

CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WITH CHICKEN POX AND FLU SYNDROME BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING REYE’S SYNDROME ( A COMBINATION OF ACUTE ENCHEPHALOPATHY AND FATTY INFILTRATION OF INTERNAL ORGANS THAT MAY FOLLOW ACUTE VIRAL INFECTIONS.

GASTIC OR PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE

LAST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

Question 7

SIDE EFFECTS

Answer 7

STOMACH PAIN

HEARTBURN

N/V

GI BLEED

ANAPHYLAXIS

RINGING OF THE EARS

DEAFNESS

Question 8

PRECAUTION

Answer 8

POTENTIAL FOR REYE’S SYNDROME IN CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WITH CHICKEN POX AND FLU SYNDROME