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Drop Aspirin in Stent Patients on Oral Anticoagulants

Dual therapy with oral anticoagulants and clopidogrel showed a large reduction in bleeding without increasing ischemic events compared with triple therapy including aspirin. Indeed, mortality was actu...

Chattem buys OTC antacid Rolaids from McNEIL-PPC

Chattem, a US consumer healthcare division of Sanofi, has purchased an over-the-counter (OTC) antacid from McNEIL-PPC,a division of Johnson & Johnson.

Aspirin Use and Risk of Macular Degeneration—Reply

In Reply: Dr Nowroozzadeh noted that the examination question used to identify regular aspirin users was inappropriate because persons regularly using aspirin may consume it more than twice per week o...

Aspirin "may cut risk of oral cancer," new research indicates

Taking a regular low dose of aspirin could prevent head and neck cancers by almost a quarter, according to new research. The results of the study, published in the British Journal of Cancer (2013) 108...

Know Active Ingredients in Children's Meds

If your child is taking more than one medication at the same time, there could be dangerous health consequences if those medicines have the same active ingredient. Itâ€â„...

Buyers Of Beauty Products Should Not Trust The Claims That Liposomes Can Carry Active Ingredients Into The Skin

Liposomes are small fat capsules, often added to beauty products. According to the beauty industry liposomes are capable of transporting active ingredients deep into the skin where they release the ac...

[Articles] Use of clopidogrel with or without aspirin in patients taking oral anticoagulant therapy and undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial

Use of clopiogrel without aspirin was associated with a significant reduction in bleeding complications and no increase in the rate of thrombotic events.

Aspirin Plus Dipyridamole vs Aspirin Only in Ischemic Stroke

Reports suggest that patients who suffer ischemic stroke while treated with aspirin have less severe strokes than those who aren't on aspirin. How does the addition of dipyridamole effect outcomes?...

Can resistance to aspirin be reversed after an additional dose?

Aspirin resistance or aspirin non-responsiveness is a recently described phenomenon which has been consistently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This study was designed to d...

Antacid effects of Chinese herbal prescriptions assessed by a modified artificial stomach model.

AIM: To assess the antacid effects of the tonic Chinese herbal prescriptions, si-jun-zi-tang (SJZT) and shen-ling-bai-zhu-san (SLBZS). METHODS: Decoctions of the tonic Chinese herbal prescriptions, SJ...

Does concomitant use of paracetamol potentiate the gastroduodenal mucosal injury associated with aspirin? A prospective, randomised, pilot study.

BACKGROUND: Paracetamol is commonly prescribed for first-line symptomatic treatment in patients with osteoarthritis and aspirin is often co-administered for cardiovascular prophylaxis. It is not known...

An alginate-antacid formulation (Gaviscon Double Action Liquid) can eliminate or displace the postprandial 'acid pocket' in symptomatic GERD patients.

Background  Recently, an 'acid pocket' has been described in the proximal stomach, particularly evident postprandially in GERD patients, when heartburn is common. By creating a low density gel 'raft...

Use of intranasal ketorolac and modified oral aspirin challenge for desensitization of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.

BACKGROUND: Intranasal ketorolac challenges can induce respiratory reactions in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD). OBJECTIVE: To determine whether intranasal ketorolac chall...