Clinicians' guide to aspirin /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bayer, Antony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Philadelphia : Chapman & Hall Medical ; Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1998.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Historical background
  • Early history
  • Reverend Mr. Edward Stone
  • 19th century
  • Felix Hoffmann and the Bayer Company
  • Antithrombotic effects and prevention of vascular events
  • Mechanism of action
  • Pharmacokinetics and pharmaceutical considerations
  • Physicochemical properties
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Which preparation?
  • Mode of action and pharmacological effects
  • Mode of action
  • Therapeutic use for inflammation, pain and fever
  • Inflammation
  • Pain
  • Fever
  • Therapeutic use in vascular diseases
  • Primary prevention of occlusive cardiovascular disease
  • Secondary prevention of occlusive cardiovascular disease
  • Maintenance of vascular grafts and arterial patency
  • What dose?
  • Miscellaneous therapeutic uses
  • Prevention of colorectal cancer
  • Prevention of other cancers
  • Prevention of cataract
  • Pregnancy
  • Prevention of cognitive decline and dementia
  • Other possible therapeutic uses
  • Adverse effects and toxicity
  • Gastrointestinal side effects
  • Intracranial bleeding
  • Hypersensitivity
  • Reye's syndrome
  • Other adverse effects
  • Toxicity
  • Contraindications and drug interactions
  • Contraindications and precautions
  • Use in particular patient groups
  • Interactions with other drugs.