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  2. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Enteric coating on aspirin may be used in manufacturing to prevent release of aspirin into the stomach to reduce gastric harm, but enteric coating does not reduce gastrointestinal bleeding risk. [ 189 ] [ 190 ] Enteric-coated aspirin may not be as effective at reducing blood clot risk.

  3. Enteric coating - Wikipedia

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    An enteric coating is a polymer barrier applied to oral medication that prevents its dissolution or disintegration in the gastric environment. [1] This helps by either protecting drugs from the acidity of the stomach, the stomach from the detrimental effects of the drug, or to release the drug after the stomach (usually in the upper tract of ...

  4. Encaprin - Wikipedia

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    Encaprin was a brand of safety-coated aspirin capsules made by Procter & Gamble in the mid-1980s through its Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals division. In 1986, the brand was involved in a cyanide poisoning hoax, and its sales never recovered.

  5. 1 in 3 older Americans take aspirin daily. What does it do?

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    Aspirin "weakens the stomach's protective lining against stomach acid, making the stomach and intestines more vulnerable to ulcers, which can bleed," according to Harvard Health.

  6. Do doctors still recommend aspirin? Yes, but it's complicated.

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    Aspirin "weakens the stomach's protective lining against stomach acid, making the stomach and intestines more vulnerable to ulcers, which can bleed," according to Harvard Health.

  7. List of medical abbreviations: A - Wikipedia

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    Meaning ā (a with a bar over it) before (from Latin ante) before: A: assessment a.a. of each (from Latin ana ana) amino acids: A or Ala – alanine; C or Cys – cysteine; D or Asp – aspartic acid; E or Glu – glutamic acid; F or Phe – phenylalanine; H or His – histidine; I or Ile – isoleucine; K or Lys – lysine; L or Leu ...

  8. For some cardiac patients with stents, long-term aspirin ...

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    For years, medical professionals widely recommended regular aspirin to prevent heart problems, since aspirin can reduce blood clotting to prevent complications like heart attacks or strokes ...

  9. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin is non-selective and irreversibly inhibits both forms [4] (but is weakly more selective for COX-1 [5]). It does so by acetylating the hydroxyl of a serine residue at the 530 amino acid position. [6] Normally COX produces prostaglandins, most of which are pro-inflammatory, and thromboxanes, which promote clotting.