What is Novasen?
This medication is typically used for pain, to reduce fever or to assist in the treatment of heart attacks. It may also be used for rheumatoid arthritis, for the prevention of transient cerebral ischemia (a brief loss of oxygen to the brain) or stroke, as well as for other uses.
What is Entrophen 81 mg used for?
This medication is an antiplatelet drug which thins the blood. Typically, it is used for the prevention of heart disease. It may also be used to assist in the treatment of heart attacks, as well as for other uses.
What is ASA 80 mg used for?
Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle aches, toothaches, common cold, and headaches. It may also be used to reduce pain and swelling in conditions such as arthritis. Aspirin is known as a salicylate and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
What is ASA 81mg?
ASPIRIN® 81mg may help save your life if you think you are having a heart attack and is also the #1 doctor-recommended brand of low dose ASA for doctor-supervised long-term preventive therapy.
What is antiplatelet medication used for?
Antiplatelet drugs work to make your platelets less sticky and thereby help prevent blood clots from forming in your arteries. Aspirin is an antiplatelet drug that may be used.
How do Antiplatelets work?
Antiplatelets are a group of medicines that stop blood cells (called platelets) from sticking together and forming a blood clot. Whenever there is an injury in your body, platelets are sent to the site of the injury, where they clump together to form a blood clot. This stops the bleeding in your body.
Is Entrophen an aspirin?
The recommendations are based on strong new research that indicates taking ASA (brand names include Aspirin, Entrophen, Novasen) daily could potentially do more harm than good for those at low risk for stroke, heart or vascular disease, by causing serious side effects such as internal bleeding.
What are the benefits of Vasoprin?
It works by widening blood vessels to help increase blood flow (improve circulation) to certain parts of the body (such as the hands/feet, brain). This effect may help to decrease symptoms such as cold hands and feet, numbness, tingling, and decreased memory or judgment.
What does aspirin do for the heart?
Some chemicals in the blood trigger events that cause blood clots. When aspirin stops those chemicals, it helps slow the formation of the clots. That’s important because they can clog the arteries that bring blood to heart muscle and the brain, which increases your risk of heart attack and stroke.
Why do doctors prescribe 81 mg aspirin?
Low doses of aspirin — such as 75 to 100 milligrams (mg), but most commonly 81 mg —can be effective at preventing heart attack or stroke. Health care providers usually prescribe a daily dose between 75 mg and 325 mg (a regular-strength tablet).
How do platelets cause heart attacks?
Platelets are blood cells that become sticky and clump together to form blood clots, which stops us bleeding after injury. But platelets can also form blood clots inside blood vessels and, if they block blood vessels supplying the heart or the brain, can cause heart attacks and strokes.
Is antiplatelet a blood thinner?
Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs eliminate or reduce the risk of blood clots. They’re often called blood thinners, but these medications don’t really thin your blood. Instead, they help prevent or break up dangerous blood clots that form in your blood vessels or heart.
Is Vasoprin good for high blood pressure?
Vasopril 5mg Tablet belongs to a group of medicines known as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. It is widely used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure and may be prescribed after a heart attack. It also lowers the chances of having a heart attack or stroke.