Bayer Aspirin

Generic Name: Aspirin
Product Name: Bayer Aspirin

Indication

Aspirin is used for:

• Relief of pain of mild to moderate severity
• Relief of fever in patients older than 18 years of age
• Inhibition of platelet aggregation
• Symptomatic relief of pain in patients with painful bone metastases
• Migraine
• Tension headache
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Acute rheumatic fever

In children Aspirin may be used in:

• Rheumatic fever
• Juvenile chronic arthritis
• Kawasaki’s disease

Action

Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that relieves pain and reduces fever by blocking prostaglandin synthesis by inhibiting an enzyme known as cyclo-oxygenase.

Dose advice

Adults

• 300-900 mg every 4-6 hours as required

Children

Rheumatic fever and juvenile chronic arthritis

• The initial dose is 15-20 mg/kg every 6 hours
• Maintenance dosing is 20 mg/kg every 4-6 hours

Kawasaki’s disease

• The initial dose is 10 mg/kg every 8 hours until the fever settles
• Maintenance dosing is 3-5 mg/kg once a day

Schedule

20’s: Unscheduled; 100’s: S2

Common side effects

• Nausea and vomiting
• Indigestion
• Stomach and intestinal ulceration or bleeding
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Ringing ears

Uncommon side effects

• Skin rashes
• Iron deficiency anaemia
• Kidney impairment
• Oesophageal ulceration
• Allergic reactions

For further information talk to your doctor.