Aspirin

Indications

    • Headache

    • Pain

    • Prevention of heart attacks and strokes

    • Coronary and carotid arteries, bypasses and stents

Dosage

    • Acute MI

      • 300 mg sublingually

    • Prophylactic

      • 40-75 mg

Administration/Absorption

    • Oral

Distribution

    • 50–80% of salicylate in the blood is bound by protein

Mechanism

Excretion

Side effects

    • Reye's syndrome

    • GI bleeds

Interactions

Contraindications