Aspirin Is a Wonder Drug

No drug is more taken for granted than plain old aspirin. Not only does it cure headaches, but it can help make your heart healthier. And its side effects are minimal, to say the least. Aspirin is a wonder drug.

Besides being used to alleviate headaches, aspirin is also often used to reduce fever. Personally, nothing works better for a fever OR a headache than plain old aspirin. And I’ve tried everything–Aleve, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, even Hydrocodone.

If my back hurts, sure, I’d rather have Ibuprofen.

And if I’ve broken a leg, then sure, I’ll take Hydrocodone, but it’s addictive as hell. It’s probably a drug best stayed away from even if you’re in pain, but it’s a handy narcotic to have a prescription for if you’re in severe pain.

Low doses of aspirin can prevent and help manage heart attacks and strokes. It has some kind of effect that helps with the clotting, which is what usually causes a heart attack or a stroke. I’m not a doctor, and I know it’s not as common, but I’d guess that aspirin might help with a pulmonary embolism, too, but I’m not sure.

But aspirin does have some side effects, especially in children. It can cause stomach bleeding and ulcers. I’ve heard that it can also cause tinnitus. I’ve never experienced any of these side effects though, and I’ve never met anyone else who suffered from them either. My guess is that drinking enough water with the aspirin would help with the stomach ulcer business, but I’m not a doctor, so I don’t know.

Did you know?

40,000 tons of aspirin are taken by patients every year.

Taking aspirin before a long flight can reduce the chances of having a blood clot.

The standard dose for aspirin varies slightly from country to country. For example, in the United States, a tablet is 325 mg, while in England, it’s 300 mg.

Some people are allergic to aspirin.

Taking large doses of aspirin for long periods of time can cause bad side effects. (Duh, it’s a drug. Any large dose of any drug taken for a long time can cause side effects.)

Willow bark has been used to treat headaches and other pain for thousands of years. It contains the same active ingredient that aspirin does, salicylic acid.

Even veterinarians sometimes use aspirin when treating dogs and other animals, but you shouldn’t give your dog aspirin without getting instructions from the vet first.

Aspirin Is a Wonder Drug

Anyway..aspirin is a wonder drug. I’ve been on lots of medications in my life, and aspirin has been one of the best.

Incase Backpack Is There A Way I Cant Make A Drug Dog Not Be Able To Smell An Aspirin?

Is there a way I cant make a drug dog not be able to smell an aspirin? – incase backpack

I prefer the aspirin in my backpack, I think cover ever headache, but sometimes my school has a drug dog after the dog sniffed Motrin in my backpack and got into trouble before it as a special case that can rescue Motrin, in which can not smell a drug dog?

Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug

By Diarmuid Jeffreys

Synopsis: Americans take millions of aspirin each year, little dreaming that the seemingly ordinary pill is one of the most amazing creations in medical history.

Aspirin is a drug so astonishingly versatile that it can relieve your headache, ease your aching limbs, lower your temperature, and treat some of the deadliest human diseases, preventing everything from heart attacks to cancer to strokes. And the history of the drug is just as surprising.

Rich in dramatic twists and discoveries, the story of aspirin begins in ancient Egypt, and embraces wars, epidemics, espionage, an Oxfordshire vicar, a forgotten Jewish scientist, the Industrial Revolution, a common tree, the Treaty of Versailles, the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies, Auschwitz, a mercurial advertising genius, and much more. Bringing alive a compelling cast of characters in a dazzling journey across centuries, the author reveals how chance and design brought the drug into being as we know it at the end of the nineteenth century, and how intrigue, greed, and ambition combined to make aspirin one of the most commercially successful products of all time.

Published: August, 2004 ISBN-13: 978-1582343860

Interview with author, Diarmuid Jeffreys at the Evolution Summit, 2010

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WARNING for dog owners: Arthritis Pain Drug "PREVICOX" KILLS.

George my 9 year old rescued Giant Schnauzer is now fighting for his life. He was prescribed Previcox by his vet for his arthritis pains. Following the vet recommendation I administered the tablets with food. After only two days and two tablets he started projectile vomiting, drinking a lot of water, being dizzy and manifesting all the symptoms of poisoning.

I Googled the name of the drug “Previcox” and “side effects” and I wish I would have done it BEFORE giving giving George the drug. To my astonishment, there are hundreds and hundreds of personal testimonies written by people who administered their dogs the same drug, their pets manifested exactly the same symptoms like my George and finally, had their dogs ending up dead or barely escaped death with irreversibly damaged stomachs, liver, kidney or hearts.

From an article published in 2006:

“The FDA has released information concerning non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pets — including Metacam, Deramaxx, Previcox and Rimadyl — that shows they have been connected to 22,000 cases of illness in dogs, almost 3,000 of which were fatal.”

What causes death by Previcox? Acording to one of the hundreds of testimonies I found on the Internet written by a dog owner who lost his pet to Previcox poisoning,

“The Previcox apparently starts first by forming ulcers on the stomach and as more Previcox is administered it becomes ulcer upon ulcer until the stomach acids (full of Previcox) begin to leak out. It seams it first attacks the kidneys and liver. Then it begins to destroy all the protective membranes that are protecting all of the other organs. In the end it makes its final attack on the heart.”

Read the rest here

Previcox is the veterinary version of the Vioxx (prescribed for arthritis in humans) and it is made by Merial which is a branch of Merck. As you may already know, Vioxx was pulled off the market by the FDA after thousands of people ended up dead after taking the drug. Yet, the same company continues to push Previcox which has the same risks and causes deaths in animals.

Before starting your dog on Previcox I beg you: please, if you love your dog go to http://www.k911.biz/Petsafety/PrevicoxEmails.htm and read Rowdy’s tragic story as well as other hundreds and hundreds of emails sent by other pet owners who tragically killed their pets by poisoning them with Previcox.

Update at 11:06 PM

George vomited for the third time today and he is very weak, shaking…refused the yogurt but my wife cooked a little beef and carrot soup and gave it to him a few minutes ago, licked the bowl. We expect he will vomit it shortly but that’s all we can do until tomorrow morning. We put plastic bags all over the bedroom floor, makes it easier to clean. We’ll see what happens until tomorrow when the vet office opens.
I am royally pissed on the vet who did not warned me about the potential side effects and on the company who makes and pushes such a dangerous drug which is banned for humans; if George dies, I’ll make taking this drug off the market one of my life goals. I just learned another side effect is extreme aggression (probably caused by pain) and read about a little girl disfigured by a dog who was given Previcox. Dog owners need to know what the risks associated with this drug are. I will start a website and put all the effort and Internet knowledge I am capable of to make it pop on top of every Google search when people are searching the name of this drug.